At AC4D, we’ve seen it time and again: people arrive at a crossroads in their career — feeling stuck, misaligned, or unsure where their next creative stop should be. They’re asking bigger questions:
- What do I want my work to stand for?
- Is this all there is?
- What’s missing — and what’s next?
This mini-workbook is adapted from our course in-development, The Next Chapter, and draws on lessons from our Sustainability and Impact course, where we challenge students to build careers with intention, purpose, and staying power.
You’ll work through three simple, powerful activities that help you:
- Reflect on your career story so far
- Tune into what energizes (and drains) you
- Audit fulfillment across your creative and professional life
This is your pause — not to have all the answers, but to start making meaning of the moment you’re in.
Use it if you’re job-hunting, pivoting, burned out, or just ready to reconnect with your purpose.
Activities in this section:
🤖 A Note on Using AI
Throughout, you’ll find suggested prompts to use with generative AI tools (like ChatGPT). These aren’t shortcuts — they’re sparring partners for your thinking. Use AI to:
- Expand your language
- Reframe limiting beliefs
- Prototype new ways to describe your work
- Generate ideas when you feel stuck
Over the next several weeks, we’ll continue to release more sections from The Next Chapter. Have feedback you want to share? Submit your thoughts and ideas to our team here.
You Are Here - Figma Template
Use this FigJam template for completing the activities from Section 1 of The Next Chapter Workbook.
