You're listening to TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hugh.

Everything moves so fast these days in our lives and in our work that it can leave really little time for reflection.

In his 2022 talk from TED at BCG, reflective leader and former priest Paul Katchelove makes a case for taking time out for regular

reflection and how it can help us all grow and develop. That's after the break.

I wrote this journal entry in 2013. I've been sleeping restlessly for months.

There's a constant feeling of tension in my body.

I love ministry as a Catholic priest,

the opportunity to share my faith with people

and support them as we journey through life together.

But I have a desire to share my life with another person.

I knew in discerning ministry

that celibacy, not getting married, was part of the package.

But I don't know if I can do this any longer.

I'm rarely alone, but I feel bitterly lonely.

I wrote this when I was on the cusp of making one of the biggest and most significant

decisions of my life, whether to lead ministry as a Catholic priest.

I think my life has been a reasonably unique

and unusual one. Now in my early 40s, I've had careers as an opera singer, a Catholic priest,

a corporate lawyer, and now a management consultant.

And when people hear the careers that I've had,

the most common question I get asked,

maybe the one that's on your mind,

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