220731 What I learned in my studies this morning 2

Who are you? No really. 
Fogged, clouded, earthbound answers.
Jobs? Habits? Hobbies? 

Daily Stoic:

I probably said this when this quote came up a year ago* . . . . 

A friends was upset about his job and came to me complaining about it. 

I told him something I'd heard and he wrote it on a sticky note on the wall of his cube: "It's a job, not a jail." 

And another he put up: "Not everything you do in life is important." 

I do pretty well separating my work from the rest of my life. Work is something I do, not who I am. 

After spending 30+ years to get to this point in my work life, my career is good and I have the respect of my peers. I'm good at what I do and I take a small amount of pride in my work abilities and accomplishments. 

But that isn't who I am. If you ask me, "What do you do?" (the more common form of "Who are you?" nowadays), I don't lead with "I'm a [insert job title / description here]." 

I start with my family and my hobbies. To me they're more important. My job is there to facilitate these things, not the other way around. 

It's a job, not a jail.  Don't limit yourself.  Don't value something outside of your control so much. Focus on the important parts of your life. 

Today's Meditation:

Today's Meditation II:

Today's Music:

Piano sonata in B minor, S. 178 Andante sostenuto (~12:18 - 19:38, but the whole thing is worth a listen) by Franz Liszt

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* Yep. Here's last year's post. Same quote. Similar thoughts. Be sure to read the post that post links to. More good thoughts.