How Do I Know If I’m Meant to Change Careers in Mid-Life? The 6 Signals You Can't Ignore.

You don’t Google “career change at 40” because you’re bored.
You Google it because something inside you is no longer willing to be quiet.

For most high-achievers, the signs show up subtly at first…
Then loudly.
Then physically.

1. Your ambition is running on fumes, not desire.

2. The success you built doesn’t feel like yours.

3. Your values evolved but your role didn’t.

4. You’re performing competence while hiding emotional exhaustion.

5. Your identity feels too small for the life you’re trying to grow into.

6. Your body is telling the truth your mind is avoiding.

The Alignment Checklist:
Desire. Values. Energy. Capacity. Identity. Vision.

If three or more are “off,” the problem isn’t your job — it’s your direction.

A client who stayed in a “perfect on paper” job three years too long because she was afraid to disappoint everyone but herself.

A career change is rarely about leaving something.
It’s about becoming someone.

If you’re asking this question, something in you is already shifting.
The real work is learning to trust it.