Finding Fulfilment in Your Job

At times because of our need to bring home the bacon, we force ourselves to work day in and day out in our job, without feeling the joy and fulfilment.  Is it possible to find that job that does more than simply pay the bills? How can we find a job that puts our values into practice, uses our talents and allows us to follow our passions?

What are your talents?  What are your values?  You will find your job easier to do if you have the talents and skills for that job.  Don’t just work for the money; work for God. Work following God’s rules – work unto the Lord, the pay may not be great but the retirement benefits are out of this world.
 

Work wide, not high.  Job fulfilment is now achieved by working wide, not high.  Most career advisers would recommend that you aim high or become a specialist in a specific field, working your way up.  However, in today’s world, more and more people are turning to the opposite direction of achieving success and fulfilment by working on different careers simultaneously.  This means engaging on part-time work and on a freelance basis.  Achieving wide rather than high can help satisfy people’s multiple interests and would complement a person’s various personalities.  
 

Create creative and challenging tasks in your job. You may be a secretary but you can ask your boss if he minds that you do his report or speech for him.  Find ways to add something new to your task that will stretch you enough to create the excitement and fun but not too much as to cause you to worry about failing.  
 

The reason why most people are addicted to their jobs is not because of the bills to pay.  If your examine the lifestyle of these people, you will notice that they fail to live on less money. So, if you want fulfilment in your job, working just enough hours and not burdened by stress and anxiety, learn to live on less money.  Keep in mind this advice from Henry David Thoreau "A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.”  
 

Don’t feel bad if you move from one job to the other; you need to know where your “calling is” or what would be the best career for you. Vincent Van Gogh started as an art dealer, before becoming a school teachier, bookseller, and even an evangelical preacher in the Belgian coal mines. It was in his late twenties that he discovered painting and became a world renowned painter.

Overcome your fears and take action. Sometimes finding the career or job that would best suit you means that you have to stop thinking and just do it. Take the leap of faith to discover what it is that will make your job fulfilling and not just a job to pay the bills.  Do not be afraid to make experiments and as single moms, I know you know what I mean.  Take the risk, the calculated risk to find joy and fulfilment in your job.