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Spiritual Health and Your Work: Are The Two Aligned?
Our life is ours to make of it as we choose
In the past couple of years, I’ve made great strides in society's metrics of “growth.” I was promoted last month in my corporate job, and I’m financially better off than I’ve ever been.
If I were governed by other societal pressures, I might aim to settle down and buy a house next as the final metric to completing the 21st-century rulebook on what success looks like.
I say all of this with a hint of sarcasm because I’m not much happier in spite of what I’ve achieved.
Spiritually, I feel stunted.
It’s important that our life is built to accommodate our spiritual health, lest we build lives around metrics that aren’t making us any happier.
Today, we’re talking about spiritual health: To start, what do I mean by spiritual health, anyway?
Spiritual Health and The Significance of Work-Life Balance
I define spiritual health as the strength of our connection to self and the world around us. It doesn’t have to mean we believe in a higher power or god (though it can). It refers to a sense of existential purpose, and that purpose can look different for everyone.
