How to Find Your Ikigai (and More Purpose and Joy)
“We all have two lives. The second one starts when we realize that we only have one.” ~Confucius
According to Gettysburg College, the average person will spend 90,000 hours working in their lifetime. For many of us, it seems that the answer to Mary Oliver’s famous question, “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” is work. So why do so many of us stay in jobs we don’t enjoy?
For three years, I had a job that made me feel restless and disengaged. On paper, it was the right fit. It aligned …