Hey Reader

Quick one, because I've just published something I think you'll want to read.

A February survey of 3,000+ women workers found nearly half report burnout. But here's the number that stopped me: over 60% of professionals aged 40+ have considered a major career change in recent years.

That's a majority experience being treated like a personal failing, and I think a lot of us are misdiagnosing it.

So this week's newsletter makes a distinction that matters: burnout vs. recalibration. They feel exactly the same from the inside; same tiredness, same Sunday-night dread but one needs rest and the other needs a decision. Get the diagnosis wrong and you either torch a job that six weeks of proper sleep would have fixed, or you push through eighteen more months of a role every cell in your body has already left.

Inside you'll find a quick gut check to tell the two apart, an honest look at the real costs of both staying and going (mortgages and pensions included, no "just follow your energy" fluff here), and why your twenty-plus years of experience is leverage, not baggage.

Read it here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/youre-burnt-out-done-performing-enthusiasm-you-dont-feel-pagett--fca5e​

If it lands, hit reply and tell me which one you think you're dealing with.

For more support, connect with me on LinkedIn after you've read the article.

With love

Jo x
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