Thinking about changing careers in your 20s? You're not alone — and you're not behind. Here's what I learned from doing it twice, plus the tips I wish someone had given me.

Decide to change careers, and chances are you’ll find that a little or a lot of what you thought you knew about who you are and what matters to you has shifted, is shifting or needs to shift.

Changing careers can be a lot like training to run a marathon. Sometimes, your energy and rhythm flow. Then there are times when you wonder if you’re even on the right road. It feels like the force has deserted you.

One of the early things I help career change clients figure out is what precisely needs fixing or changing. Is it the job or is it the career? 

Jimmy decided to challenge some limiting beliefs about changing careers after 30. Then he swapped following negative online commentary for real-life career change conversations.

Getting crystal clear on what he wanted, having structured career change conversations and a little spookily well-timed happenstance helped Gareth tweak his career and grow in a new direction.

Urban Economist Astrid opted for a 'course correction' over a complete career change. The result? A career more fully aligned with her goals and values, more time to pursue a range of absorbing interests and space to embark on a PhD.

Do you believe that finding a meaningful, fulfilling career is 100% possible… for you?

Handling anything and everything you encounter in your career change can be heaps easier and much more fun if you get your explorer’s mindset on.

A gentle, intentional, one-step-at-time approach can help you deal with the discomfort of doing things differently to change careers.

A family-focused career break to raise her small children prompted Danielle, to trade corporate comms for a career in Mind-Body Medicine and Kinesiology.

Approaching career change with a light touch and a sense of play and not taking yourself too seriously can really help you move from a worn-out career to an exciting new one. 

Confidence is one of three essential things (along with curiosity and courage) we need to summon when committing to changing careers.

Making clear, confident career change decisions and being OK with the uncertainty that any decision unleashes is one of this blog's best-loved topics.

I'm yet to meet or coach anyone whose career change ran straight from 'a' to 'b'.

The path to your new career will probably zig zag towards a great new place that you may never have imagined at the outset.

How do you expect your family and friends will react when you’re ready to discuss your career change?

Rosanagh is currently combining full-time study for her Masters of Sustainable Tourism Management with freelance social media management.

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