How to Live With Uncertainty in Your Life

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It's easier to live with uncertainty in one part of your life if you can offset it in other parts. Maybe by finding a coach or a mentor to give you more support, which trish now realizes she needs. It can be like rutinizing the things like what you eat, just so that you don't have to make so many decisions every day. So it can be basic rituals of giving yourself comforts and things but do you feel like you have enough of that right now?

When Trish first started working in corporate recruiting, she had wonderful co-workers, a supportive manager, opportunities for growth—it was “bliss.” But the bliss evaporated in 2020 when she got laid off during the pandemic. She’s since found a different job in the same field, but also decided to try her hand at teaching pilates part-time. Now, after burning the candle at both ends, Trish is burned out and unsure of the best path forward. On this episode of How To!, we bring on Nathan and Susannah Furr, authors of The Upside of Uncertainty. They have some useful tools to help Trish—and all of us—find our footing in uncertain times.

If you liked this episode, check out: “How To Bounce Back From Burnout” and “How To Advance Your Career by Quitting Your Job.”

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