One foot in, one foot out 🦶

Ever caught yourself mid-email, staring at the screen, completely zoned out? Five minutes gone, brain miles away, thinking about everything except what you’re meant to be doing?

That’s what leaving a job feels like – like a dodgy WiFi signal flickering in and out or a tab you keep clicking back to instead of closing 🤪

If that’s where you are right now, you’ll know exactly what I mean!

Whether you’re hovering over ‘apply now’, waiting for an interview or already mentally packing up your desk, job transitions have a way of making everything feel unsettled.

So, while you’re in this awkward in-between phase, here are two things you can do now – because trust me, you’ll thank yourself later!

🧹 Get your office organised – And I mean every nook and cranny. No, this isn’t a call to shred company secrets 😜 but it is a nudge to get your files, folders and paperwork in order. Clear out the drawers, sort through the ‘just in case’ pile and make sure everything’s where it should be. Not only will this make your last few weeks more bearable but you won’t be frantically stuffing things into bins or bags at the last minute!

📝 Start your handover prep now – You might not be handing over just yet but everything you do from this point on will benefit from a little forward thinking. Start coding, annotating and setting up files with clear labels. Print off key documents and add explanations. Move things around so someone else can find them (because you won’t be there to decode your ‘system’). With a little prep now, your handover will be ten times easier and it’ll save you from a flurry of ‘just one quick question’ emails after you leave!

It might feel a bit soon to start wrapping things up, but doing something – anything – right now will help steady your brain while you wait. And when the time comes, you’ll be glad you didn’t leave it all until the last minute.

🎀 So tie up the loose ends, clear the clutter (literal and figurative) and make your exit on your terms!

Because when that next step finally arrives, you don’t want to be dragging a mess behind you – you want to walk away with a clear head, a clean slate and maybe even a little smugness at how smoothly you pulled it off 😉.