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Overview

At 25, Kellie is worn out with life. Exhausted and dispirited with the London rat race, she is chucking in her job and going travelling for a year to awaken her  joie de vivre. She has been chasing goals and success all her life, from exams at school to a University degree to  career success and she needs a big break. Normally optimistic and energetic, Kellie has lost her spark and is keen to recapture the person she knows she really is.

5 Step Recovery Plan

1. Take a Break.

Kellie really needs to get off the treadmill and revitalise herself. She is jaded and ground down with non-stop work. Taking a long break is the best thing she could do right now.

She has been working hard at school and college for years and since she was 16 has held down jobs to help pay for her education. She went straight from school to University to work, with nothing more than a week’s holiday in between.

No wonder she’s tired!

Many students take a year out to travel and spread their wings but Kelllie’s career ambitions kept her working. She’s reached the point of burn-out where nothing less than a year long break from her life will do. 

Sometimes drastic action is the most sensible thing to do.

2. Question Everything.

There’s nothing like a long break to re-evaluate your life. But don’t wait until you reach the point of exhaustion to question everything.

You can have a life-changing conversation with yourself anytime, any place you like. Kellie has been feeling frustrated and dissatisfied for much of the past three years, since she came to London.

It’s far better to confront the reality of a life that’s not working as soon as you notice. Problems rarely go away on their own. It’s always better to face the truth as soon as you notice it.

If you feel overwhelmed by it all, don’t hesitate to ask for help. Enlist the help of your smartest friend or a counsellor or coach to help you take stock of what’s not working and plan for something better.

3. Don’t Blame Yourself.

Avoid blaming and resenting yourself for what you see as failure. Kellie is very hard on herself and should guard against getting angry with herself. This will only add to her low energy and confuse her clear assessment of what’s gone wrong.

Taking responsibility for your life is one thing. Punishing yourself when you need to make changes is not clever.

Right now she’s doing the best and bravest thing by shaking up her life, having a complete change and leaving her familiar and dull life behind.

Many people resign themselves to their fate, even at 25, and do nothing about changing their lives.

Take pride in having the guts to walk away from it all.

4. Create Your Own Opportunities.

Kelly has made the mistake that many graduates make in thinking that a good degree is a passport to a fulfilling and well paid career. While this may have been true once, it certainly isn’t anymore.

Don’t wait for your talent and brilliance to be discovered. And don’t overstay in a job that has few prospects for you to shine and grow.

Kellie is a smart, ambitious girl. That’s not enough to guarantee her career success. She needs to think through the career that she wants and be much more assertive and enterprising in forging that career for herself. She needs to be bolder, take more risks and consider working freelance and then, her own business.

She loves the media industry and events management and is clearly terrific at this but has not felt rewarded or recognised for her abilities in previous jobs.

If opportunities and breaks aren’t being offered to you, it’s time to think about creating some of your own – for yourself.

5. Have an Open Mind. 

Travel broadens the mind, especially a trip to other cultures and ways of life. But don’t forget, you will still be you on the other side of the world.

Expanding your mind comes from within. It’s about you thinking bigger about yourself. 

Where are your limits? What have you decided is possible and not possible for you?

Your greatest opponent is within, so check how you rate yourself. If you want to expand the scope of your life, you’ll have to expand the way you think about yourself first.

Guard against your limitations. Watch out for that voice inside telling you that something is not ‘realistic’ or you couldn’t do that. Expand your horizons – and see bigger, bolder possibilities for you. Have fun!