Wayfinding: “Making the best guess about which direction to try (not which destination to arrive at), then venturing forward for a bit, then stopping and taking note of where you are and what you can see from this new vantage point.” From “Designing Your New Work Life” (chapter: Now Where Are We?).
The authors note two strategies for how to get from here to there. They write, “It’s critically important to pick the right strategy that will be effective in your situation.“
- Wayfinding
- Navigation
Navigation: If you know the destination, you navigate. “Develop an optimal route based on precise information about where you are (Point A), where you’re going (Point B), and all the terrain between.“
Wayfinding is discovery. One step at a time. Direction can be so subtle. Maybe its inner movement instead of an outward step. Maybe it’s responding instead of dismissing. Maybe its saying yes to time instead of believing there is none. What’s so interesting is wayfinding in the context of storytelling—the ‘inefficiencies’ of the process, that “extra stuff,” which defines or refines the destination—get edited out. Wayfinding is the discovery, learning, synthesizing all the layers and recognizing the nuances that reveal the destination.
Emerson said, “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey that matters.” Wayfinding is the journey. All the people, places, and information you encounter along the way and what you do with all of it. This is the creative life. It seems wayfinding creates the creative path of change.
creative meander 
Love this! Not that I knew what to call it but wayfinding was my what I did when I made my career change many years ago. The journey has helped me to continue learning!