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What is the purpose of work? It’s more than what you think.

It matters because we spend a LOT of our one, precious life working.

On average, each of us will spend nearly 100,000 hours working. That’s 1/3 of our waking adult life (not including the countless hours preparing for work, driving to work, stressing about work, thinking about work).

If you add everything you spend time and energy on, work is the biggest share. Other than sleep, there is no close second!

Work is also one of the primary ways we impact the world. We spend our lives toiling away for our coworkers, employees, clients, and community. The ripple effects are significant, even from the simplest job.

All this time, energy, relationships at work – they don’t just change others. They change us too. Consider who you would be if you had never worked. Think of the discipline, wisdom, skill, and knowledge you’ve gained. Think about the beliefs you hold, the mentors who have influenced you, the positions that have forced you to stretch and grow. And sadly, perhaps also the ways work has jaded you, hurt you, and left you cynical. Perhaps the time it has unjustly taken, passions it has snuffed out, and relationships it damaged, influencing you to see people as problems or means to your own career ends.

Make no mistake: Work matters. It matters because the people around us matter. I matter. You matter. And work is one of the most significant influences on all of us.

So, what is work’s purpose? Obviously, we work because we must. The pursuit of financial prosperity is a worthy goal. But work is more than that. Whether or not we have the freedom to easily get another job, seeing the true purpose of work changes our belief. Our belief in work’s purpose changes how we think and feel about. This changes the decisions we make, shifting the very trajectory of our life.

Work contains a thread that we can follow to a life of meaning, of purpose, of connection, and of care. It can be an integral part and of our journey to a life worth living. Or work can lead us to hollow desperation, deadened selfishness, and a life pursuing emptiness.

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