Seasons of your career: Spring

Careers go through seasons. Spring comes with optimism, new energy, and a lot of surprises.

Rick Jarow, author of Creating the Work You Love, introduced many of us to the notion of career seasons.

When you’re struggling with a career problem, you’re most likely to think of winter. At some point a career change (or other transition) feels like being buried under a coat of ice, hibernating through long, dark days. Hopefully, we learn to see the beauty of winter — sun on the snow, clear air, the bare outlines of trees denied their leafy cover-ups.

Spring gets promoted as a time of new beginnings.

Photo by Chandan Chaurasia on Unsplash.

It’s a fragile season.

Buds appear on trees, only to become leaves in a matter of days. Cherry blossoms, forsythia, and daffodils seem to last just long enough for us to learn their names.

Spring also brings energy.

When I lived in New Mexico, we were blown about by winds. The dog raced around the park like a young puppy and the cats spend hours bird-watching.