I believe we’re meant to work.
Since it’s most people’s goal to escape the rat
race, that may seem counter-intuitive, but it’s
true. As humans, we were created for a purpose
and that purpose is not to sit in front of the
television for hours and hours on end watching
shows or playing video games. Just a hunch!
Instead we’re meant to contribute – in many
different ways. Here are five reasons I believe
we’re meant to work.
1. We’re Social Beings
People need people. We thrive when we have a
balance of getting and giving support to and from
others. We get depleted at times when we’re
always giving, but never receiving. Overall, we get
a sense of fulfillment when helping others.
This is what makes “social” media so interesting
to me. We get the unlimited potential to connect
with others, but the “connection” itself isn’t as
influential as having that face to face conversation
with someone in person. It beats no connection,
however.
In order to fill your “social cup,” make sure that
you carve out time to connect with those that are
important to you on a regular basis. It doesn’t
have to be each and every week, but maybe you
get together with that group of girlfriends or
buddies once a quarter to catch up on life.
Or instead of having lunch at your desk in front of
your computer everyday, have lunch with a
coworker instead. That little bit of social interaction
could be a catalyst for increasing your work
satisfaction over time. If you work alone, find
another person like you that you can share a meal
with once a week. It’s worth it!
2. We Need to Have Purpose
I think work provides an avenue to fulfill a purpose
– or at least the feeling of it. Just getting through
each and every day doesn’t cut it for the long run.
As people, we need to have a deeper meaning to
life and work often fulfills that.
Many people struggle with finding their “purpose in
life.” The age old question, “What’s the meaning of
life?” is around for this very reason.
Even if your current job isn’t fulfilling your purpose
(or maybe you don’t know what it is yet), try to do
your very best work day in and day out. This will
help you to garner a sense of accomplishment, that
only hard work tends to provide. Activity begets
activity, so if you’re working hard at your current
endeavor, you just increase your odds of running
into the next or right purpose in your work.
Purpose doesn’t have to come from your primary
career either. You can be passionate about your
family, your extracurricular activities (hobbies) or
serving your community. Don’t limit yourself to
think that your current career has to be your sole
purpose in life. That would be a fallacy at best.
3. Feeling Productive is Good for the Soul
There’s nothing more satisfying than checking
items off your to do list or leaving a hard day’s
work feeling satisfied at the amount of stuff you
were able to accomplish. Feeling productive is
energizing and good for the soul.
That’s one of the blessings and curses of working.
We are blessed when things go well and we leave
for the day feeling accomplished at what we were
able to get done. On the other hand, it’s a curse in
that when our day goes astray (which it often can)
due to technology issues, work drama or
something else, we don’t leave with that same
feeling of productiveness.
Having a small list of non-negotiable items to
accomplish at the beginning of the work day is a
great way to ensure a feeling of productiveness
upon completion of your workday. End each day
outlining a few tasks, that even if nothing else got
done the next day, if those few things did then
you’d consider your day a win.
Then make sure that those are the things that you
tackle first and give the majority of attention to the
next day. Rinse, cycle and repeat.
4. To Maintain a Standard of Living
This may be the most obvious one on the list! Of
course we need to work in order to make money to
pay the bills and buy groceries, etc. It’s an
obvious reason, but also completely valid.
In the past, people wouldn’t work in the same
traditional sense that we do now. Instead they
might have a plot of land and grow their own food,
while raising animals. Not everyone would have
access or the skills to the same provisions, so
they would barter or trade their goods or time to
get what they needed.
It still works this way today, but we’re just more
heavily dependent on actual money to exchange
for goods or services. People do still barter, in fact
there are barter exchange companies based on the
very concept of bartering goods and services
instead of physical money.
When you think about your current habit of trading
time for money, consider at which point enough is
enough. I think it makes sense to work (hence the
post), but not to overwork. Many people don’t
know when to call enough enough and continue to
shoot for making more and more money, often at
the expense of trading their precious time for it.
Time which could be spent with friends and family
and connecting per the socialization category that
we talked about. I challenge you to consider where
your threshold ends and try to maintain a balance
of earning and living. It’s not all about work, after
all!
5. We’re Creative Beings
Think of all of the innovation that has happened
over the last 100 years. Someone turning one
hundred years old today would have seen horse
drawn carriages, the first automobile, airplanes,
television, computers, smartphones, Skype – the
list just goes on and on. Really think about it for a
moment though. A 100-year old could have both
been transported via a horse and buggy and by a
self-driven car – doesn’t that just blow your mind?
We’re creative beings and therefore meant to
create. I often wonder if we’ll be able to sustain
today’s pace of innovation (a discussion of the
effects of which could be a whole other post), as
that pace just seems to be getting faster and
faster.
Regardless, technology today has provided a
platform to receive information at an almost
instantaneous pace. This just spurs creation and
innovation forward. We can continue to build on
one another’s ideas immediately and continue to
make products and therefore life better and better.
What if you don’t feel like you’re creating anything?
Or that your creation has stagnated as the needs
of your business have grown or changed? Are you
buried underneath the administrative parts of your
business (managing people, invoicing, etc), rather
than the tasks that drew you to your work in the
first place?
If this is you, I challenge you to take a step back
and start creating again. Start doing some of the
work that drew you to this career or business in
the first place. Creation is energizing. It can also
be draining at times, but mostly energizing in my
experience. It spurs additional ideas and
excitement. It’s a great way to fall back in love
with work!
In Conclusion
We’re meant to work. We’re meant to work for the
purposes of socialization, fulfilling our purpose or
at least getting closer to figuring out what our
purpose might be. Work provides a sense of
productiveness rarely found to the same extent
elsewhere. It provides for our standard of living
and gives us a platform to create.
All of these things are important to feeling content
and happy in life. If your attitude towards work is
more negative at the moment, I challenge you to
think of the benefits. Sure, the idea of winning the
lottery and doing whatever you darn well please
sounds nice. But doing nothing or not having any
structure to your days and weeks might get old
after awhile. Work can be good, very good with the
right attitude!
What’s your current stance on work?

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wurudainkelly89:
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try harder next time

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@ janet101: ure welcome dear!
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