A job is a job, or is it?
When is a job more than just a job? When it is one you love to do! It doesn’t matter what it is, it only matters that you enjoy doing it. Think about it, you get up, travel to a workplace, sometimes through traffic and nasty weather. Then you spend the next several hours performing any myriad of tasks for which you get paid. At the end of the day, you travel back to your home and the majority of your day have been used up. What do you have to show for all that time you spent completing tasks and working? Is a paycheck your only reward?
If your answer is yes, it’s just a paycheck, then you are working a job that is unfulfilling and probably no longer suited for you. How did you get your present job? Very few people can actually say that they set out in pursuit of their current position. Usually, there was the need for income, partly for those pesky bills that keep coming in the mail, and this job was available. My clients frequently tell me that their job is okay, it’s not much fun, but the hours are okay and it pays the bills. Other than that, it’s just a job.
When people are engaged in work that is fulfilling and enjoyable, a funny thing happens. Well, perhaps more amazing than funny. What happens is that their health improves, their relationships improve, typically they generate more money, live longer and are happier overall. Hmm, I don’t know about you, but seeing these benefits is enough to make me want to take steps to get out of just receiving a paycheck!
Of course, this is sometimes easier said than done. Although it may not be easy, it is nonetheless, possible to do. I know, I know, you have a mortgage and children to care for. While I do understand this situation, I have a family too, I also know how having a job that is boring and unfulfilling, or worse, one I really hate, affects my family and how I feel. Since I work so hard to be a good role model for my child, should I stop at simply providing the stability of a home for them? Or should I go all the way and demonstrate the wonder and blessings of truly doing work that is on purpose with my being? This not a choice in my book, I want the best for them and myself and if it means that I have to take a couple of risks to live my life fully aligned with my gifts and talents, then this is one of the greatest things I can provide.
Maybe my reasoning is a bit selfish too. I mean, it would just about kill me to watch my daughter working in a job that she hated, knowing how it would drag down her precious soul. I am providing her with an example of the importance of a career that is on track and in line with oneself.
So a job is never just a job. It will always hold influence upon how you view your life and the world. Take the time to find the right one for you, it is that important.
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Lesley V. Ingves
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