Careers with Purpose
When you’ve reached the end. Rock bottom. You feel like it’s time to give up and walk away. And you don’t know if there’s anything else you can do. Sometimes it feels that life is more than you can bear. Sometimes you just want to
In 2018, I was fed up. The misery was piling up at my job, compounded by an hour-and-a-half commute every day and a micromanaging boss. My workplace was so toxic that people would come and cry in my office on a regular basis. So, when
“I have no idea what I’m doing.” I’ve felt this more than once. As I enrolled in degrees that I had no plan for. As I applied for jobs I couldn’t get. As I stumbled and swept through life, feeling like I was drowning. I
Oh yes. There have been many times in my life when I’ve returned to one scary realization, “I don’t know what to do with my life.” Have you felt it? Can you relate? For many of us, it probably starts in high school sometime. You’re
I lost my religion in seminary. It’s cliché. I know. I entered as an angry, young evangelical man… you know the type. And I left, different. The world was no longer black and white. I no longer had the certainty of my youth. And I
Aug 8, 2023 So you come to the end of a college degree. Congratulations! College is a really important part of life. But the great news is that now you get to start your next chapter! After I finished college, I stumbled through my twenties,
When I was in high school, I was best at history and English. An old pamphlet from the messy drawer in the guidance counselor’s office said that meant I had to be a teacher. So off I went for a 4-year degree in the humanities
“What should I do with my life?” Whether you’re just starting your career, staring at the beautiful future like a blank canvas, or a little further along trying to figure it out, here are some ideas about what to do with your life. Full disclosure,
I’ve reflected a lot on how to find yourself again when you feel lost. On starting over. As I left school and entered the world beyond, I constantly had the feeling of being late to the party… Either that, or that I’d taken the wrong
There’s something magical that happens when I write. Maybe you’ve felt this too. I usually pop some music in my ears–I’ve been known to have Hans Zimmer’s “Time” on repeat for an hour–and disappear into another world. I hope you’ve experienced this sheer joy at
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