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When You Quit Your Job, Do You Lose Your Purpose?
Or is there more to life than work?
Purpose is easy to define. A simple Google search says:
The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.
What’s the purpose of a suitcase? To pack clothing when we travel. Why does homework exist? To help further education. It’s simple to use words like exist and purpose with objects. We can point to and define their use.
The question is worded differently for humans as it becomes, “What is my purpose?” But essentially, we look in the mirror, point, and say, “What is your use?” And how can we possibly use the same question for humans and objects?
We’ve spent years thinking that the question can have a single, simple answer, but it can’t. We’ve also assumed that the question can only have a response related to a job. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
Is Your Job Your Purpose?
From the ages of 18 to 23, I knew my purpose was to write. There were altruistic reasons, but above all, it was fulfilling, fun, and what I believed would be considered “living one’s purpose.” But after those five years, I hit a wall of burnout (there were many contributing factors), so I quit.
