Reading Practice: What Options Can You See?

(Editor's Note: This is the first of a series of posts that invite you to participate in problem-solving with the Bright Idea Deck. Read the situation. Study the cards. When you're ready, post your ideas to the comments section, and let's see what solutions our collective insight will generate!)

Your friend, Anna Beth, tells you she's really unhappy with her job. She wants to break free and do something else, but she's having terrible trouble coming up with a way to find other opportunities. She needs your help to come up with a way to find the courage and energy to leave one job and find another.

With her needs in mind, you come up with a simple four-card spread:

1 - Something Anna Beth needs to know before taking action
2 - A first step toward finding a new job
3 - A first step toward leaving her current job
4 - A sign that it's time to make the transition

You shuffle your Bright Idea Deck, and draw the following cards ...