5 Signs You’re Ready for a Big Life Change

And 3 ways to help you make it happen

Charlie Brown
Better Advice
Published in
6 min readJun 14, 2021

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5 signs, no preamble. Let’s get stuck right in:

1. You can’t sleep

You look at the clock. 3 am. Have you been to sleep yet? Have you heck. Why? Because of the ‘bad thoughts.’

It starts the moment the lights go off. Did you remember to double-lock the front door? What about the back one? What’s that noise, is it the cat or someone breaking in?

You look over to your partner, sleeping soundly. Hmm, a little too soundly. Are they dead? Hang on, ARE THEY DEAD? You poke them. They grunt, they’re not dead. But imagine if they were. No, don’t think like that, 3 am is the worst time to be thinking about the demise of your partner. You’ll never sleep.

Too late.

2. You spend too much money

You need a break. How about a night out in London? You deserve it. A bottle of wine here, a dinner at a hipster restaurant there, more wine, cocktails, drown out everything. Miss the last train home, Uber it is. It’s worth it, it’s your special treat night.

The hangover kicks in the next day along with the guilt, which is doubled when you count up how much you spent.

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Charlie Brown
Better Advice

Writer of opinions. Wine & food pro. Editor of Rooted, a Medium food & drink pub.. Niche-avoidant. Also at thesaucemag.substack.com