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Are You Stuck at Work? 😬
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- Jan 19, 2026
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- 414
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit moonshotmentor.substack.com Your career isn’t broken. Your heart is. And if you’ve been feeling this heartbreak for a while, you may also be feeling stuck and not sure what to do to get your mojo back. I’ve been there. And I want to talk about the kind of stuckness that doesn’t respond to a new resume, a new routine, or a new burst of motivation. It’s the kind of stuckness where you’re doing your best, but something in you feels like the weight of the world is burrowed in the pit of your stomach. Here’s what it might look like: * You can get things done, but you cannot get traction. * You keep circling the same decision. * You second guess yourself more than you used to. * The idea of making a move feels exhausting, even when it is a good move. * You are functioning, but something feels flat. When people describe this, they usually assume it means one of two things. They’re a failure. Or they’re lazy. I don’t think either of those is the most useful explanation. And honestly, it’s often not accurate. I think a lot of ongoing career stuckness is unresolved career grief. How do I know this? Because I know career grief personally. Like the time I was fired from a company I worked at for ten years. Or the conscious uncoupling of my company a few years ago. Or the movie I was producing that lost its financing after the actor and writer strikes of 2023. Career grief is what shows up when something you were attached to in your work life ends, changes, or never becomes what you hoped it would be. A role. A team. A leader. A project. A promotion. A future you were counting on. Career grief is real, and it can break your heart. In the way that makes you more cautious than you want to be. In the way that makes you feel…