{"id":161915,"date":"2021-01-24T16:51:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T13:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-could-be-the-perfect-time-for-your-career-plan-b\/"},"modified":"2021-01-24T16:51:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T13:51:44","slug":"this-could-be-the-perfect-time-for-your-career-plan-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-could-be-the-perfect-time-for-your-career-plan-b\/","title":{"rendered":"#This could be the perfect time for your career Plan B"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2a88e02cc21\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2a88e02cc21\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-could-be-the-perfect-time-for-your-career-plan-b\/#Looking_to_the_future\" >Looking to the future<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-could-be-the-perfect-time-for-your-career-plan-b\/#Tracking_success\" >Tracking success<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-could-be-the-perfect-time-for-your-career-plan-b\/#Finding_the_answers\" >Finding the answers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#This could be the perfect time for your career Plan B<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The pandemic has given us time to reevaluate how we spend our 9-to-5, but while many have simply felt grateful to have a regular paycheck, or been content to envy-click around LinkedIn as we were busy watering our new houseplants, some have managed a career 180. These brave souls got to work on making their pipe dreams come true. Here\u2019s how they did it \u2014 and how you can, too.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"block-a25a0d25-3060-497f-a8f8-ab6d6ed634ee\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Looking_to_the_future\"><\/span>Looking to the future<br \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>The lowdown: <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/emilymcgillentertainment.com\/tarot\">Emily McGill<\/a>, 35, a self-proclaimed \u201crecovering Broadway publicist\u201d and communications consultant, became a tarot reader when COVID-19 hit. \u201cAt the top of 2020 I felt stuck and lost, like I ended up somewhere I didn\u2019t mean to be,\u201d she said. \u201cMy entertainment p.r. work was no longer lighting me up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-a25a0d25-3060-497f-a8f8-ab6d6ed634ee\">After testing positive for the virus in late March, the Hell\u2019s Kitchen resident took a long break of introspection as she recovered.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-a25a0d25-3060-497f-a8f8-ab6d6ed634ee\">Meanwhile, she used that downtime to reconnect with her love of tarot-card reading. \u201cI enjoyed learning the Osho Zen tarot deck through their <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> over the years,\u201d she said. \u201cRight before the pandemic hit, I was gifted the deck and began reading for others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-a25a0d25-3060-497f-a8f8-ab6d6ed634ee\">Once lockdown began, McGill started virtual readings and was pleased to find they \u201cfelt just as intimate\u201d as in-person sessions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-a25a0d25-3060-497f-a8f8-ab6d6ed634ee\">What keeps her ticking: Despite the challenges McGill is facing in building her business from the ground up, she wouldn\u2019t trade it for anything. \u201cThe transition has been really hard,\u201d she said. \u201cTarot doesn\u2019t pay the bills yet, but I have an idea for creating my own deck of cards, and I\u2019m working on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-a25a0d25-3060-497f-a8f8-ab6d6ed634ee\"><em>The takeaway:<\/em> If you leap into what you love, the net will always appear.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-a25a0d25-3060-497f-a8f8-ab6d6ed634ee\">\u201cFor anyone considering following their bliss, as terrifying as it may be, it is the best thing you can do,\u201d said McGill. \u201cTalk to everyone you know about what it is that you want to be doing. You never know which person might know the person you need to meet, or who else might share that dream or vision with you. The helpers are there, but you\u2019ve got to ask.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"block-af7dbc72-9a68-4f6b-abea-3165459ee01c\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tracking_success\"><\/span><strong>Tracking success<\/strong><br \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Steve Waters is now CEO of ConTrace Public Health Corps, a social enterprise that helps clients with COVID-19 contact-tracing.\" class=\"wp-image-17130888 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Work3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Work3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Work3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Work3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Work3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Steve Waters is now CEO of ConTrace Public Health Corps, a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> enterprise that helps clients with COVID-19 contact-tracing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Lauren Isbell<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"block-af7dbc72-9a68-4f6b-abea-3165459ee01c\"><em>The lowdown: <\/em>B.C. (yes, that\u2019s for Before Coronavirus), Steve Waters, 44, a West Village resident, operated a small market intelligence firm directing support to entrepreneurs. \u201cIt was quiet work with a few colleagues,\u201d Waters said of his former profession.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-af7dbc72-9a68-4f6b-abea-3165459ee01c\">Now, every day is an adventure as CEO of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.contrace.org\/\">ConTrace Public Health Corps<\/a>, the social enterprise that he founded to help scale the contact-tracing workforce for COVID-19 in the US. Perhaps needless to say, his workdays now are \u201cextremely intense.\u201d What keeps him ticking: Waters\u2019 previous career halted at the beginning of the pandemic. \u201cIt was both exhilarating and overwhelming. Adding a dramatic career change on top of that was a lot. I went from day-to-day work that I felt was important but had little daily urgency, to extreme urgency and nonstop press appearances,\u201d said Waters.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-af7dbc72-9a68-4f6b-abea-3165459ee01c\">He ultimately found that channeling this chaos into purpose-driven momentum served him well. \u201cI\u2019m more resilient than I thought I was, and once I was able to not just accept but even embrace the turmoil unfolding around me, I was able to clearly see the path I should take. I was able to handle a lot more stress and pressure than I thought,\u201d he said.<em>The takeaway<\/em>: It\u2019s time to get nimble. \u201cBe open-minded and be willing to move quickly at the first sign of opportunity,\u201d said Waters. \u201cThis is a time to accept discomfort for the moment, so you can gain the mental clarity to see through the chaos and find the opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"block-db83d734-99ad-48ed-859c-195d8b165aa2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Finding_the_answers\"><\/span><strong>Finding the answers<\/strong><br \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Amid the pandemic, Collin Waldoch transformed his side hustle platform, Water Cooler Trivia, into a full-time job.&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-17130927 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Work2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Work2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Work2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Work2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Work2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amid the pandemic, Collin Waldoch transformed his side hustle platform, Water Cooler Trivia, into a full-time job.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Water Cooler Trivia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"block-db83d734-99ad-48ed-859c-195d8b165aa2\"><em>The lowdown:<\/em> Collin Waldoch, a 27-year-old Prospect Heights resident, was able to use the coronavirus pandemic as the nudge he needed to escape the old mink-lined rut as a product manager at Citi Bike, and then at its new owner Lyft.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-db83d734-99ad-48ed-859c-195d8b165aa2\">In mid-March, he left his role to jump in full time as the co-founder\/CEO of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.watercoolertrivia.com\/\">Water Cooler Trivia<\/a>, a platform for weekly trivia quizzes for work teams sent via e-mail or Slack. \u201cI\u2019d been working on Water Cooler Trivia with two friends since late 2017 as a side hustle, and I took 2020 as a sign that it was time to dive in full time,\u201d said Waldoch. The transition has been a nonstop roller coaster. \u201cThere\u2019s no red tape, no management, no bureaucracy, so the freedom to work on and release a new feature immediately is incredibly empowering,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-db83d734-99ad-48ed-859c-195d8b165aa2\">What keeps him ticking: \u201cIt\u2019s a bit trite, but I\u2019ve learned that energy and perseverance are more important than natural talent or technical skills,\u201d said Waldoch. \u201cThe difference between something getting done or not relies on the quantity of energy I put into a given feature, product or task.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-db83d734-99ad-48ed-859c-195d8b165aa2\">Waldoch has also embraced being able to work as he pleases. \u201cThis flexibility has reduced my overall stress level in meaningful ways,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has converted my distress [bad stress] into the eustress [good stress] of self-imposed deadlines and devotion to making the work week better for tens of thousands of folks with weekly trivia quizzes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-db83d734-99ad-48ed-859c-195d8b165aa2\"><em>The takeaway:<\/em> That side hustle you enjoy could have value. With the influx of WFHers, Water Cooler Trivia saw huge growth last year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-db83d734-99ad-48ed-859c-195d8b165aa2\">\u201cAs a lifelong \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019 fan and self-professed trivia nerd, it\u2019s a dream come true,\u201d said Waldoch. \u201cBut I never would have up and left a full-time job to start a project like this cold turkey. Starting Water Cooler Trivia on a whim one Tuesday night laid the groundwork for this life-altering career shift. I\u2019m a massive believer that we undervalue the ways things can go better than expected. So start that side project, whether it\u2019s writing a blog, learning carpentry or writing trivia questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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