Finding Our Life's Work | by Madisyn Taylor Sometimes it takes us the better part of a lifetime to discover our life's work, even though we may have been doing it our whole lives without necessarily realizing it. Our life's work is not always what we do to make money, although we often think it should be, and sometimes this way of thinking prevents us from seeing clearly what it is. It may be the work of having children, caring for them, and running a household. The way we know our life's work is by how we feel when we are doing it. When we are doing our life's work, we feel an uncanny sense of ease and alignment. This doesn't mean that the work is always easy, and it doesn't mean that it's the only work we have to do; it just means that there is a conviction deep inside us that tells us we are in tune with our innermost self. When we are engaged in our life's work, our bodies feel more alive, because our energy is devoted to a cause that, in turn, feeds us. We may be tired after engaging in our life's work, but we are almost never depleted. We feel grounded in the world, knowing that we belong here and have something important to offer. When we are deeply unhappy, depressed, or subject to one illness after another, this may be due to a sense of disconnection from our life's work. At times like these, finding the work we are meant to do is an essential act of healing. Most of us remember a time when we felt fully engaged in some act of work, service or creativity, and it is here that we may rediscover the work we are meant to do now. On the other hand, it may be time to explore what inspires us through volunteering, taking a class, going back to school, or just doing whatever it is we long to try. We all have callings, and when we find them, we owe it to ourselves to nurture and protect them, because while they may or may not be our livelihood, they are the keys to our wellbeing. | DailyOM Course Spotlight by Eric Maisel Are you creating less often than you would like? Are you avoiding your creative work altogether? Anxiety may be the culprit. Anxiety regularly stops creative people in their tracks and makes their experience of creating more painful than pleasurable. It stops would-be creative people entirely, preventing them from realizing their dreams. Anxiety is the number one problem that creative people face--and yet few know about it. Do you procrastinate? That's anxiety. Do you resist getting to your work or marketing your work? That's anxiety. Do you have trouble deciding which creative project to tackle? That's anxiety. Do you find completing work hard? That's anxiety. Anxiety is everywhere in the creative process. Learn what to do about it! In this course you will learn how to identify the sources of your anxiety and develop tools and techniques to manage it so that you can create regularly and deeply. Top 10 DailyOM Courses 1. Meditation for Transformation 2. 21 Day Tabata Yoga Body Challenge 3. The 21-Day Financial Detox 4. 21 Day Plant-Based Plan for a Lighter, Happier YOU! 5. Chair Yoga for Healing, Strength and Mobility 6. Overcoming Body Stiffness 7. Fit and Fierce Over 40 8. Heal Subconscious Blocks to Weight Loss 9. Be Free from Unhealthy Relationships 10. Reinventing The Body, Resurrecting the Soul
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