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Reinvention or realignment: Which one do you actually need?

by Krista Franks Co-Founder of Owl & Key
Apr 30, 2025

 

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If life feels heavier lately, you're not imagining it. And it's not just you.

There's a weight moving through the world right now. An undercurrent of uncertainty, agitation, exhaustion.

Over the past few weeks, we've noticed an increase of conversations around relationship strain and career transition.

Here's what I think is happening — the weight of the current economic and global climate is weighing on everyone. I liken it to early in the COVID Pandemic lockdown when everything felt unknown, things were changing constantly, and fear was in the air. 

When moments like this happen, there can be a lot of upending that follows suit. When unknowns, fear and collective agitation take over, we unknowingly reach to change something we can "control" to release the pressure. 

Careers and relationships are easy to grasp. Difficult but most tangible to change.

Here's the thing...change is good. Leaning into it is a great strategy. But without pause, reflection and awareness, it's easy to change the wrong thing.

When everything feels unsettled, it’s easy to think you need to blow it all up — the job, the relationship, the routine.

But sometimes, it’s not a full reinvention that’s needed.

It’s a gentle realignment.

A coming back to what matters most.

This week’s reflection invites you to slow down and ask yourself:

What am I actually designing my decisions around?
Is it survival? Achievement? Fear?
Or something deeper, truer, and more lasting?


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