"Work is meant to be meaningful, it’s meant to be an integrated part of life." This portion of today's video caught my attention.
There's the dichotomy here of jobs and careers - where hopefully, the latter actually does provide you with meaningful work that enriches your life. But sometimes, you have to balance out the need for money to support your family and the lack of meaningful work that is available around you - so you take a job, that allows the other parts of your life to be enriched. It's a means to an end.
But even knowing how to balance work and the rest of life, we don't get to that "meaningful" work until we find something we enjoy, something we're good at, and something that people will pay us to do. Then, finding that perfect career for ourselves, we still have to remember to balance life and work. We still have to remember to stop, and remember to keep the sabbath holy.
So if you're currently in a job or you have a demanding career, make a list of all the things you truly enjoy - both in work and in life. For those in a job who would enjoy having a career, mark those you're particularly good at with a *, and mark those that you think people would pay you for with a +. Do any of those coincide? Those in a demanding career - what are those things you enjoy that you haven't had or made time to do of late? Stop. No excuses on this project being due, or that deadline. Just make the list.
So, what can you do to make the sabbath holy? What can you do to balance your life better?
But even knowing how to balance work and the rest of life, we don't get to that "meaningful" work until we find something we enjoy, something we're good at, and something that people will pay us to do. Then, finding that perfect career for ourselves, we still have to remember to balance life and work. We still have to remember to stop, and remember to keep the sabbath holy.
So if you're currently in a job or you have a demanding career, make a list of all the things you truly enjoy - both in work and in life. For those in a job who would enjoy having a career, mark those you're particularly good at with a *, and mark those that you think people would pay you for with a +. Do any of those coincide? Those in a demanding career - what are those things you enjoy that you haven't had or made time to do of late? Stop. No excuses on this project being due, or that deadline. Just make the list.
So, what can you do to make the sabbath holy? What can you do to balance your life better?
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