How and why I'm designing my career and life to suit ME.

october 3, 2024

๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฃ๐จ๐›๐ฌ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ˆ'๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ.

Many of you probably know - I don't have one job, I have many! When people ask me "how's work?" I ask back "which work?" ๐Ÿ˜…
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When I left a full-time job and moved cities almost 2yrs ago, I began on a journey of creating my 'Life By Design' which included designing career/s that suited me and felt more aligned. I knew I thrived having variety in my life. And I knew I wanted to give more energy to my own business Balance HQ.
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Fast forward to now and my handful of careers consists of:
- ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐ท๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘”๐‘› ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘„ (๐น๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ/๐‘‚๐‘ค๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ)
- ๐‘‚๐‘ค๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ/๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘…๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ต๐‘–๐‘™๐‘๐‘ฆ (โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ฃ๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™)
- ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ƒ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘‚๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ (๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘’)
- ๐ป๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐บ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ (๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘’)
- ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž (๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ)
- ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ (๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ)
(I've probably forgotten something haha)
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Today I'm reminiscing on a weekend of work leading hiking tours in beautiful Esperance. I usually lead a hike each weekend or two, however last weekend it was full time leading 5 hikes in 3 days = 33km!

โ€‹๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐—œ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฏ:
There's the no-brainer benefits physically and mentally of being outdoors and hiking. Even on the days it's been pouring with rain and I don't feel like heading outside, I have ALWAYS felt amazing during and after the hike. The great outdoors has this effect on us, it's soothing and calming our nervous systems no matter if it's rain, wind or shine.

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’†'๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† '๐’ƒ๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•'๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿผ
My element is that sweet spot where I know I'm in my zone of genius, feeling in flow. Here's how I know I'm in it when I work this job:
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โœ”๏ธ I love being outdoors
โœ”๏ธ I love leading, sharing, teaching
โœ”๏ธ Listening and curiosity are my strengths
โœ”๏ธ I enjoy meaningful, distraction-free, deep conversations
โœ”๏ธ I thrive around like-minded people
โœ”๏ธ Values alignment
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When I work with clients in the ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  space, we dive deep into what being in their element/genius zone/flow state looks and feels like.
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It's SO important because the more we can integrate who we are into what we do and how we contribute in the world... I truly believe the more fulfilled we feel ๐Ÿฅฐ
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I've heard the concept of having more than one career called a Career Portfolio. For me, having career variety suits me. For others, maybe not. There's no one-size-fits-all here. The key is understanding yourself- so that's where the process of exploring your Life By Design / Career Portfolio begin.

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ/๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ/๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ, I'd love to hear from you! I love talking about this stuff. Connect on socials or send me an email chrystal@balance-hq.com

Or have you heard of different terminology for Life By Design or Career Portfolio?

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