Experts say this is how to set 2025 career goals if you’re feeling burned out

When you feel burned out, it can feel impossible to tap into the creativity and ambition needed to set and follow through with goals. Five career coaches give their advice for how to set more realistic goals in stressful times.

After spending months working toward a career changing goal, a client recently told executive coach Anne Shoemaker that, while she believes it’s what she wants, she’s not sure if she’s in the right place to make any decisions about her goals because she is feeling burned out.