Crossroads: Time for a Change

Many people experience a crossroad in their life... that point in their life where they feel stuck or they know something in their life needs to change.  And some people experience many crossroads at different times!

Crossroads typically occur during middle age and can happen as a result of significant changes in your life e.g. after divorce or separation, perhaps after the death of someone close, children not being as dependent, retiring, leaving work... and is typically marked by feelings of "What Do I Do Now???"

Sometimes crossroads sneak up on us... we get an inkling that we are not happy as we know we can be, we're not enjoying the things we used to, we haven't got the same enthusiasm for many of the things we have to do, we experience feelings of regular unhappiness, emptiness, and unfulfilment.

Even though crossroads in our life can be uncomfortable and daunting... they provide an incredible opportunity to take stock of our life, and do things that we truly want to do and achieve in our life. 

Many times, however, we don't know what we want to change or how to initiate the change.

Here are a couple of suggestions to help you get through this:

• take time out for yourself
• reflect on what you are doing in your life now
• think about what you have always wanted to do but never had the opportunity to do
• begin to do things you would like to do e.g. perhaps take up a sports such as golf, go to classes to learn something you've always wanted to know about
• talk to others you know who are also experiencing a crossroad in their life
• find someone, such as a counsellor, who can help you through this period

I've had several crossroads in my life... times when I've felt a strong desire to change aspects of my life.  About 10 years ago I changed careers... I changed from counselling to designing and printing stationery!  Quite a change!  I returned to counselling 5 years later.  And then the most recent crossroads in terms of my career has been from moving away from face-to-face counselling to online work!  Again... it represented a huge change for me.

But crossroads don't just occur in your career... they can happen in your personal life, family life, where you live!

The secret is: embrace crossroads as an amazing opportunity for change!  For change that you can decide what is most fulfilling for you!

Have you ever experienced crossroads in your life?  Click on the comment link below and let me know your experiences and how you dealt with it.  It's always good to hear from you.

Warmly
Jeanne

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