An all too common challenge you may face is how to choose a job or career... when you have no idea of what you want to do.
Consequently, you may think about what you would like to do. But again, if you're like many of us, that question doesn't help at all. In fact, thinking about what you want to do may give you no end of frustration. It somehow presupposes that there is one, specific answer, when that may not be so. Indeed, to avoid being "locked" into one answer, you may not be willing or able to answer that question at all. And where does that leave you?
If you find the question of what you want to do difficult to answer then maybe it's time to ask yourself a different question. What do you want to learn? That being the case, here's an exercise to help you determine what your next career move should be (whether it really is choosing a new career, or somehow modifying your current job or career): find some paper, or load up Notepad on your computer, and make a list of all the career or job-related knowledge and skills you want to develop. Next step is to re-arrange each thing you wish to learn in order of priority. After you've done that, consider which jobs or careers will satisfy your need to learn these things, in that order or priority. Or at least which will enable you to develop your "high priority" knowledge and skills in the next year or so?"
Just keep in mind that you may not be able to learn everything from one career, job or company. And what you want to learn may change too.
However, for the time being at least, you know what you want to learn now... and which jobs or careers will allow you to learn it.
Now, as you can tell, there's an assumption here: that basing your next career move on what you most want to learn is the best way to find a fulfilling career. Although you could certainly base your next career choice on other factors - like more pay - I do consider that if you're unhappy in your current job or career and want to make a change but don't know what to, then this approach is your best chance.
So, if you are confounded by doing something you hate and/or not knowing what you want to do - stop asking the wrong question! Instead, ask yourself what you want to learn, and follow the process described above to determine what you can do to make a change and find a more rewarding job or career.
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