It's not that it's very bad. But neither are you satisfied. You lapse into repetition, routine, little challenge. You don't want to say you are the best, but that you can do more than what you are doing now you are sure. Colleagues with less knowledge have a big mouth, get promoted, someone you didn't expect is starting a business, or the people you work with change and the atmosphere has completely changed, leaving you out of place. You do want more and you want things to be different.

What you want is actually to get to that next step in your career. You want to do something new and get more recognition for your experience, talents and skills. A certain aspect of yourself that you are stuck on professionally, needs to be left behind. You want to make a plan for yourself to take on a new challenge. If you close your eyes, you can already see yourself in your new role, skill or place. Happy, confident and full of life.

When you're thinking about that next step. Talking to your supervisor, applying for that position, telling those colleagues the truth for once in a professional way, or maybe quitting your job, starting that dream business. But then comes that little voice again; "is that for me, why am I not happy with what I have, or that's not for me anyway.
How do you break that stagnation? How do you know what the right choice is? What does it take to realize that?

Doing something is always better than doing nothing. And yes you do need to be realistic and weigh things up and draw up steps to initiate change. If you have gone way over your limits in your current work situation, you will first be allowed to give yourself time to recover and then start taking steps. When you focus on you in the professional context you will begin to remember and recalibrate your talents, self-worth and ambitions. You will be more confident and closer to yourself making choices for your future.