I'm pushing pause on the usual blog posts to make space to reflect on some questions over the next week or so. This post is Part I of VI.
If you want to make a difference in the world, or feel like you're not sure what to do with your vocational life, you might like to follow along and answer these questions for yourself.
The work you do.
Not the job you have.
What is the work I want to do?
- Work that makes a change in the world. For good.
- Work that, when complete, leaves space for others to continue and grow the good work.
- Work that continues to grow and develop me. I thrive when I am learning.
- Work that draws together disparate ideas, skills, people, concepts etc that are usually seen as separate. Connection
- Work that leads to something new. The best projects are those that cannot be done, that produce something that hasn't been seen, that aren't sensible.
- Work of excellent quality, that continually improves. Substandard work devalues everyone.
- Work that is necessary. Work that leads to action, rather than producing an unnecessary part of a wasteful system.
- Work that values my unique contribution as a person more than my technical skills and knowledge. So that I can bring my background, interests, experiences and relational connections into the room.
- Work that aligns with my purpose in life: To make a positive and lasting change, especially for those for whom change is most urgently needed.
- Work that is centred around people. That views people as integrated elements of a global system that is ecological, economic, political, mystical, and fundamentally deeply relational.