WEBVTT - Look to the past to shape the present

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that if you want something new in your

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<v Speaker 1>present life, look to your past for ideas. So I

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<v Speaker 1>have noticed that a lot of people in their forties

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<v Speaker 1>and fifties crave a professional reset. Some people have been

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<v Speaker 1>out of the workforce while parenting and they are ready

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<v Speaker 1>to re enter. Some people have made enough money to

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<v Speaker 1>retire comfortably when the time comes, and they're looking for

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<v Speaker 1>more meaning or more fun in the next season of work.

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<v Speaker 1>Other people love their careers for years or decades, but

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<v Speaker 1>the spark is gone and they want to find new

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<v Speaker 1>work that they will be excited about. Then there are

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<v Speaker 1>people who still love their careers but want to add

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<v Speaker 1>a new twist, or want to add a serious hobby

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<v Speaker 1>or volunteer outlet on the side. I have been reflecting

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<v Speaker 1>on mid career resets since I interviewed doctor Gillian Goddard

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<v Speaker 1>for this podcast a few months ago. Jillian is a

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<v Speaker 1>practicing endocrinologist, and she recently launched Hot Flash, a newsletter

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<v Speaker 1>about menopause that has quickly scored a lot of readers

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<v Speaker 1>looking for accurate information about this hot topic. In our conversation,

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<v Speaker 1>Gillian mentioned that she did journalism when she was much younger.

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<v Speaker 1>That seems totally unrelated to her career in indo chronology,

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<v Speaker 1>but she has returned to journalism in a way and

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<v Speaker 1>combined it with her medical work by writing her newsletter.

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<v Speaker 1>Her college pursuit connects with a midlife twist on a

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<v Speaker 1>career she loves. She is a physician and a writer. Now.

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<v Speaker 1>It makes sense that what we did as kids, or

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<v Speaker 1>teenagers or young adults would still speak to us. We

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<v Speaker 1>loved these things in the past, and while we might

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<v Speaker 1>be different people now, we are not so different that

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<v Speaker 1>former interests might not still spark something. So if you

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<v Speaker 1>are trying to figure out what is next vocationally, one

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<v Speaker 1>option is to consider the classes, extracurriculars, hobbies, jobs, and

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<v Speaker 1>volunteer roles you loved when you were younger. Is there

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<v Speaker 1>anything your past self thought was cool that your present

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<v Speaker 1>self might still want to do. There are lots of

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<v Speaker 1>ways you could twist things together. Did you want to

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<v Speaker 1>be a singer when you were a kid, but you

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<v Speaker 1>ended up as an accountant? Could you serve as the

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<v Speaker 1>CFO for your city's opera company? Perhaps growing up you

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<v Speaker 1>spend all your free time reading. You dreamed of being

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<v Speaker 1>a librarian, but became a lawyer instead. If your kids

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<v Speaker 1>are launched and your law school loans are paid off,

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<v Speaker 1>it may not be too late to earn your MLS

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<v Speaker 1>and become a librarian after all. Or perhaps you could

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<v Speaker 1>stick with your current career but provide pro bono legal

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<v Speaker 1>services to the library or serve on your library foundation's board.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe your favorite job ever was teaching at a summer

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<v Speaker 1>academic program during college, but now you lead your family business.

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<v Speaker 1>Could you teach a night class at a nearby business

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<v Speaker 1>school to combine your experience of being a small business

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<v Speaker 1>leader with your love of teaching. Or maybe when you

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<v Speaker 1>were in college you worked in the kitchen of a

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<v Speaker 1>fabulous restaurant, and imagine being a chef one day. Whether

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<v Speaker 1>you are a doctor or a teacher or communications officer,

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<v Speaker 1>these days, you could lean into your love of cooking

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<v Speaker 1>by hosting dinner parties or cooking for a local feeding

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<v Speaker 1>ministry in your off hours. If you are at a

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<v Speaker 1>point in your life when you are craving something new,

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<v Speaker 1>think about what your past self loved to do. This

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<v Speaker 1>might point the way to a total career change. But

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<v Speaker 1>it also might point the way toward job crafting, as

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Jillian Goddard has done, or it might lead to

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<v Speaker 1>something rich on the side. All of these could be

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<v Speaker 1>fabulous outcomes. Is there anything from your youth that you

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<v Speaker 1>would like to add to your present life. You can

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<v Speaker 1>let me know at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,

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<v Speaker 1>you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.

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