📅 Thought for today:
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‘We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.’
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— Winston Churchill
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#thoughtfortoday #living #getting #life #giving #balance #ikigai
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I have been on a long slow journey going from A to B.
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In A, I was able to make a living, I was competent and confident in my work, and I didn’t love it.
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In B, I am also able to make a living, I am also competent and confident in the work I do, and I love it.
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The difference between them is I have stopped focussing on the “making a living” part.
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It is not that I can afford to not be working, it is that I trust that if I do the right things for other people, the living will come “anyway”.
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And if it doesn’t?
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Well, I’ve been there, and I know what that looks like, I wouldn’t seek it out, and I also won’t let the fear determine what I do.
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There is no contradiction between giving and being paid.
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The moment the personal contribution becomes disconnected, and the driver becomes personal gratification (“getting”) then something changes.
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My reflection today is simply that I am happy in my work, I am happy to get paid for what I do, and I am also happy to give to others in all manner of small yet meaningful ways without feeling the need to tell everyone.
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PS Thanks for the gallery tips from yesterday, I now have a list of 51. All I have to do now is work out how to do them all!
