this is what i'm learning.

Not really sure what I’d like to do, but I think I need to pursue something. Trying things out halfheartedly nearly always bears inaccurate results. Craig Parker offered a great priming question, “Who do you look up to and what do they do?” This leads me to ask, “Why do I look up to them?” At the end of the day it must be a question of why and not what. So perhaps it is not about what we do, but why we’re doing it. My new friend Paul reminded me that in our 20s, we ought to discover what we’re passionate about. If we don’t address this, we will likely be trying to figure this out as we race towards an inevitable mid-life crisis. A few desires for career I thought of the other day:

• It must be challenging. Not easily conquerable in a few months.
• It must allow me most evenings and weekends to be with my family.
• It must compensate enough for me to support my family and share with others.
• It must allow me to spend most of my time among the lost.
• I must not be so important to the firm/organization that I can’t take off for regular extended time with my family.