Most people will change careers 5–7 times in their lifetime. The average age for a major career shift is 39. And nearly 40% of adults still don't know what they want to do with their lives.

So maybe the pressure to have it all figured out right now is a little misplaced.

Here are ten things worth knowing before you start.

You're still performing. Clients are happy. The work is getting done. But something has gone flat — and you can't quite name it. What most high-performing lawyers call burnout is often something different: you've stopped learning, and your brain knows it before you do. Here's the cognitive framework that explains why mastery can become a trap, and what it actually looks like to climb again.