The question isn’t whether you’ll work hard for what you want. You already do that. The real question is: Will you also work—gently, deliberately, daily—for the happiness you’re already capable of feeling?
For years as an attorney, I put in overtime and fully committed to the grind. I sacrificed sleep, weekends, peace of mind, vacations, time with my children, and in some ways even my first two marriages. I overrode my gut instincts, which were telling me to slow down and that I was focusing on the wrong things. But I was too busy chasing the degree, the title, the corner office, the external approval, and the dangling carrot of “someday” that promised to finally let me exhale.
Let me tell you, that “someday” never came. Instead, I crashed out in what I sometimes call a nervous system existential crisis. Full stop. I chose to end my career with a screeching halt, and it would be some time before I learned what I was truly seeking.
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