1. Having a career plan

There seems to be this idea that we're supposed to know what we want from our careers.

I get asked about it all the time at work.

So what do you want to do next Tom? Where do you see yourself in five years? What are your career aspirations? What's the plan?

Three of my current coachees have come to me with pretty much these exact same questions.

I’ve certainly spent huge chunks of my working life trying to figure out what I want to do next too.

But some of my best and biggest changes at work (and in my life) didn't come about from figuring out a plan. They came from finding out instead.

Maybe something caught my interest. Then I followed it. That led somewhere else. And a path appeared that I couldn't have plotted beforehand.

I do wonder if not knowing what we want isn't always a problem that needs an answer.

I wonder if it’s just the bit before finding out.

2. Feta

Yesterday, while Lauren hit the gym, Toddler Grundy and I whipped up a Sunday Roast in Chateau Grundy’s kitchen.

Alongside the leg of lamb, roast potatoes, honey glazed carrots, obligatory Yorkshire puddings and lamb gravy, we also rustled up a mean broccoli cheese.

As Toddler Grundy boiled the broccoli, I peered in our fridge. That’s where I spotted a tub of feta that was still in date. So I grabbed a slice, crumbled it between my fingers, chopped up the crust from a sourdough loaf and mixed the two together to create a topping for the broccoli cheese.

It worked wonders.

And I have to say…whether it’s in a Greek salad, crumbled on top of avocado toast or even straight from the packet, there’s something about feta which always does the business.

3. Starting a paid newsletter

I don’t mean charging for this daily newsletter.

I mean a new, monthly newsletter that takes one topic that crops up a lot at work (stress, imposter syndrome, how to get a good night’s sleep…the possibilities are endless) and explores it in-depth.

So if my daily emails are “here’s something interesting”, this paid newsletter would be “let’s really get into this”.

I’ve had this idea for a while and I keep coming back to it.

Will it happen?

Let’s see.

But it’s certainly on my mind.

Actually, here's a question:

If I did this, what would you want the first issue to be about?

If anything springs to mind, I’d love to hear it. Just hit reply and let me know.

To fulfilment,

Tom