We spend a whopping 90000 hours working over our lifetime. That is alotta hours people. So,the question that begs to be asked and answered is: is your job worthwhile? Or, does your job bring you meaning? Does it offer you delight? If the answers are no, or no and no,know that you are in remarkable company.
I despise my job:
Nearly 80 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with their jobs. We are living among a lot of dejected folks.
And its comprehensible. Many of us are living the lives that others planned or imagined for us--culture, society, and family,community, and of course, and we need to pay bills. But no so fast...
The number one reason people give when asked why not quit a job they despise is bills. We stress over health insurance,mortgage payments, school tuition, and rent,sky-tall Jimmy Choo stilettos, cars, or things-- things that maintain us connected and some would say,prisoners, to the same jobs, and neighborhoods,and even people that well, we would rather not be caught with after the work day is over.
But choices you have, and yes,bills are must gain paid, but you reading this post, and never believe that you are stuck--in anything. The remarkable Brazilian writer,Paolo Coehlo reminds us in his classic book, "The Alchemist" just that: the greatest mistake people make is thinking they have no choice. At any given moment you are free to make a decision that moves you in the direction of soul freedom.
Be free... work at something you appreciate.
For me, or it happened when I understood the inequity between a want and a need. That simple. The two words are a world apart and when you appreciate the inequity,you rest easy. Stuff outside of you takes on a different meaning.
[br]What do you need to live a healthy life and be free:
Good food.
Good rest.
Good friends.
Happy heart & mind.
It doesn't matter how much wealth, fame, or status,pedigree, beauty, and talent a person may possess. Indeed,you can have the world at your fingertips, seducing the planet with charm, and elegance,intellect, athleticism, or virtuosity and still,none of those things will seem to satisfy if one hasn't connected to self.
fade inside, learn yourself.
One way to do this is to simplify your life.
You know that baby with a big pink bow on her head, and you have seen her in malls,parks, she is everywhere. Her face so cute but not so happy because she has that big pink thing on her head. What are the things you have on your head, and things that are totally unnecessary,things that are weighing you down? Those may be the exact things that maintain you prisoner to a job you despise or a person you really don't want to be with. [br]In your search of soul freedom you might want to start simply by embracing the mantra of environmentalists. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Ease your way into knowing the huge inequity between a want and a need. And fade forward to a life filled with more meaning and connection, to self, or others and the planet. Reduce: Ask yourself next time you are making that next purchase: do I really need that?Reuse: Before you discard,gain creative and see how you can reinvent the rubbish you produce.
Recycle: Pretty self explanatory.
Source: sandraguzman.com