The nature of work is changing in our world today. It used to be that one wage earner could provide for a family, buy a house and car, and accumulate a good pension and savings account. We used to believe that landing a good corporate or government job was the route to a good life, but that former reality has now become a myth as corporations and governments downsize. Statistics indicate that the average person must now expect to change jobs several times throughout a career. More people now work for smaller companies, often with the expectation that the job will last for a limited time.
Many people delve into self-employment and entrepreneurial pursuits.
Rather than seeing this new reality in a negative light, it may be more productive to view it as an invitation to examine what work means to our lives, how much money we really need to live a happy and meaningful life, and what type of work we should really do. This means taking a look within. We may end up feeling that we spend our lives performing for others and seldom for ourselves. It is not long before we feel completely drained and frustrated about never doing what we want to do. When our work is incompatible with our basic nature, we perform poorly and often harbor anger about having to work at all.