So what should I do with my life?

That is a central question in so many of our lives, especially now.

The last few years have largely blown up our assumptions about work, about life, about

our central devotion, and about safety and security.

And often what we have realized is a bit of an illusion about how our work might provide

that.

We are all in this moment re-examining the choices that got us here in the context of that

thing that we do called work.

And we're asking is what we're doing making us feel the way we hoped we'd feel?

And sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes the answer is well, sometimes yes, sometimes

no, but often for far too many people, the answer is just outright no.

It's not making us feel that way.

Instead of meaning and purpose, joy, excitement, we feel some blend of flat-lined, disinterested,

uninspired, depleted, burned out, overwhelmed, and just plain done.

The question is, if what got us here is not going to get us where we want to go and how

we want to feel, how can we actually make different choices that just might let us figure

out what to devote our working lives to in a way that is more likely to make us come

alive than empty us out in a way that will maybe for the first time ever satisfy our need,

not just for security and stability, which is an important need, but for meaning and

purpose and energy and excitement and joy and beyond.

How do we make those choices and take action in a way that also doesn't lead to unwittingly

repeating the same patterns that got us here or even regretting what we've chosen and

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