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Seeking a more meaningful work-life!

Over the years, I have been pondering this very thought. I have been obsessed with having a more meaningful work-life. On average, an individual spends about 40 hours a week at work, about 2,000 hours a year. That's 1/3 of our lives dedicated to working. 


Many believe work is time wasted, and prefer to spend time on more passionate activities. Knowing this, I set out to find a more balanced answer. These were the few questions that raced in mind when I started this journey:

  • How can we turn work into a more passionate endeavour? 
  • Why do a few people love work while the rest of us hate it?
  • Does a more meaningful work-life lead to a better life altogether?

With these questions in mind, I set off my journey. I spoke to countless leaders, read(more like listening to audiobooks), listen to podcasts and watch Youtube videos. After numerous months and years invested on this topic, I found a couple of commonalities:



1. It's a choice we make to either have a more meaningful work-life or not have it. 

For many, they see work as a means to an end; nothing more, nothing less. If that's your world view then work is more of "I'm obligated to do it" instead of "I want to do it". These people will preferably take a higher paid job at the expense of happiness. When analyzing multiple polls on people's top reasons for choosing a career, a higher-paid was its primary reason. Hence, why see the majority of us hate our job. Those who love it are often paid less at the start, due to passion and love for their job they will overshadow the rest of us, over time. 


2. We need to understand ourselves well enough to determine what is meaningful to us. 

Most people join the workforce either because they were forced by their parents or had to because of financial constraints. It's hard for them to explore what they truly love to do; hence why many are stuck with a dull, dead-end job. A caveat here, for some, these jobs, are more meaningful but for most of us, it's not. Despite your circumstances, please do not let them stop you from finding your dream job. It's never too late. Some may have found it at 21 while others at 65; referring to Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, and Harland David Sanders, founder of KFC. Hence, I would urge everyone to start the process of finding a meaningful work-life. One effective way is to learn about the journey of people you admire. You will be surprised to see how humbling and relevant it was. 


3. Love the process, not the destination. 

When observing people who had dead-end careers, I found most of them were focused on the rewards and not enjoying the journey. As the saying goes, "The reward is in the journey" and rings valid till today. Chasing something you can't control is a dangerous place to be. For example, imagine you set yourself a goal to earn a million dollars in the next year; sounds good, right? And in that year, you missed birthday parties, family gathering and you worked 15 hours days. You were determined to achieve your goal at all cause. After all that, a year has come and plot twist, you fall short. Now ask yourself, if you were in this position, how do you feel? 


I would be pissed, demotivated, and frankly pretty frustrated. I sacrifice so much to fail. But if you think of it, why should I be pissed on something I can't control. I can't control if I earn a million dollars, I can't even control if I will wake up the next day. It's not the right mindset to have. It would be better if I still have the goal but concentrated on the process, i.e. the journey itself. Rather than being fixated on the destination, I would focus my time and energy on doing work that I love. This mindset shift will help us care more about our work itself instead of outcomes we don't control whatsoever. Hence, you will start making decisions based on a more passionated process instead of the quickest route to your goals which in the long run more sustainable, more meaningful, and ultimate just more rewarding. 



To those who feel that their work-life can be more meaningful, there is no better time to start than the present. I wish everyone a more meaningful work-life.

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