Too much stuff, too much busyness, too much ‘to-do-list-itous’ is not the same as being productive. The feeling of having ‘a lot on’ is not the same as making progress. And when you finish each day exhausted but you still feel like you haven’t achieved anything, then stuckness sets in.

Most cliche givers means well. Their advice is drawn from set pieces, well-trodden paths, and as Russell Brand says ‘things that people say when they cant think quick enough to say anything else’. It’s painful to hear because it doesn’t feel its offering much. Cliches carry little comfort, wisdom or advice. And often cliches are totally untrue, or at least the sentiment is not true.

From dreading doing my accounts, to planning 2019, to launching an online course on how to launch a product based business! My tax return turned out to be a lot more pleasurable than I’d imaged!

What are you supposed to do, because although you are not physically constrained, you are released back into the world, on full pay but you aren’t completely free. You can be called back to work at any time. You definitely can’t start another job, and you really shouldn’t be talking to competitors. So all you can really be doing is… gardening. If you have one.

So you got made redundant. You went on a wild search to find another job. You found another job. You took that job. It’s now 6 months later and you aren’t feeling great. It’s time to break up with the Rebound job.

What happens when your company goes out of business? You start the job hunt. You sign on at the local job centre and get recommendations for hotel and restaurant work. There are jobs out there, your skill is needed. But what if there were even more options, in fact options that might change your life and the way you work?