Is Your Work Really Fulfilling?

Saving money isn’t easy, and every now and then I need to remind myself why I do it.   I watched the national political conventions a few weeks ago and heard a lot of speakers talk about the “dignity” you feel from having a job as though the mere act of doing work provides personal fulfillment.   I am deeply sympathetic to the millions of American struggling to find work in order to pay bills and to those who need every dollar they earn just to make ends meet. At the same time however, almost every day I meet people who tell me how much they don’t like their job or don’t like going to work.  I find no dignity, only profound sadness, in thinking that most people will probably spend day in, day out, for most of their lives doing something they really dislike, dreaming instead about doing something else. Continue reading “Is Your Work Really Fulfilling?”