How to Transition from a Job to Your Life’s Purpose

June 12th, 2016 | 9 comments
How to Transition from a Job to Your Life’s Purpose

Many people work to survive and pay the bills, but don’t feel that their job is related to what they feel most called to do. This is largely the result of how we are educated. We are taught to pursue a good-paying career, with little thought of why we came to Earth and what our hearts are guiding us to do.

Society on Earth calls upon us to be workers for the betterment of that same society. This is fine, if you feel that this aligns with your higher calling in life. But for a lot of people, this is not the case. Instead, many people learn at an early age to squelch their hearts and their natural instincts in favor of doing something “safe”.

This path to safety is similar to living in a form of slavery. Your needs are provided for in exchange for your labor, your time, and doing what you’re told. It can also become like a prison because once you get in, it is mentally very difficult to get out.

And nowadays the safety factor doesn’t always apply because jobs are becoming increasingly scarce, and the competition is fierce. And even if you have a job, you don’t know if it will last. So let’s talk about how you can re-open the window of opportunity that you were born with, and make a transition to a new mindset that serves you!

 

Spiritual Entrepreneurship 

smiling woman with yellow flower

I am not going to use this writing to talk about switching to a new or a better job. I think everyone already knows how that works. Instead, I’d like to talk about a new mindset that can lead to your independence, and the self-confidence that comes with that.

I’m going to call this new mindset “spiritual entrepreneurship”. Entrepreneurship refers to having the confidence that you can use your creativity and intelligence to provide for yourself if necessary. The word “spiritual” in this sense means that you are focused on doing this in such a way that has purposeful meaning to your heart.

This all sounds great except for one thing: Most people are terrified to do this! There is a very good reason that people feel this way, and I will discuss that in a moment. But for now, I am suggesting that you open your mind to the possibility that you have the natural capacity to embrace this mindset.

If you have been living in a job for most or all of your life, this journey to a new mindset will not be easy. The idea of it can seem almost as foreign as living on another planet! But for those who find it interesting, it is never too early to start contemplating such an idea.

 

Why is this transition so difficult for most people?

woman surrounded by orange wall

We grow up in an educational system that teaches us how to go work for someone else. We are also taught about all of the standardized and safe ways in which to do this. We start off with a teacher who represents our “boss” and gives us certain assignments for which we are awarded grades that measure our performance.

It’s not that teachers are bad. They are absolutely necessary. The problem lies in the context of their function and in how it affects us psychologically. We learn to view ourselves through the lens of how well we perform a series of disconnected tasks assigned to us by a stranger who is an authority figure.

It doesn’t matter if we don’t understand why we are performing these tasks. It also doesn’t matter if we aren’t able to place those tasks into the larger context of our individual lives. The purpose of the tasks given is clear. We are doing these tasks to prove that we are worthy of being hired for a job later on. The bigger picture is not important, nor is it provided.

Our entire sense of worth is measured in this overly simplistic way. It thus robs us of our ability to apply what we learn with confidence in a broader, more creative way of our choosing. We simply don’t know how to function without someone in authority telling us what to do and when to do it. We don’t know how to be responsible on our own.

 

The mindset of a Job vs. the mindset of a Spiritual Entrepreneur

boss yelling at workers to hurry up

The first twenty or more years of our lives prepare us to walk into someone else’s business and be hired as a part of that business. We are not responsible for the business itself. We are just responsible to show up on time and do what we’re told is our small part. And we’re very good at this because we’ve been doing it in school for our entire lives. Now we get to become experts at it and finally receive a paycheck!

In fact, we become such experts that we could almost do this in our sleep. We are completely programmed to go to work, come home and recover (or take care of our families), then recreate plus do chores on the weekends. We don’t have to worry about our employer’s business as an entity, or the government that we work for. That’s all handled by someone else. We did our part, and now we can forget about it. This literally becomes a lifestyle that we tend not to grow out of.

Essentially, having a job has now become a crutch and we are terrified to walk on our own. We simply don’t know how.

A New Mindset

The mindset of a spiritual entrepreneur is vastly different. Firstly, there is no one to tell you what to do or to monitor your behavior. There is no one to say, “You do these specific tasks and you will then be given a paycheck.” There is no one to tell you when to go to work, and there is no larger business overseeing a support system for your efforts. There is just the business that you create. You get to create all of this on your own.

If you find this frightening, you should understand that it is because you were never taught anything about this. It’s not because you can’t do it. If you have the desire, you can definitely do it. You just may have to approach it slowly and with patience.

For example, if you were walking with crutches your entire life, you would not one day just throw the crutches aside and run a marathon. Your muscles would be weak and you would have to take the time to strengthen them and learn to walk on your own again. You might even need physical therapy. Then you would have to build up even more strength and receive some coaching about running a marathon. You would also start making dramatic changes in your lifestyle, compared to how you did everything when you lived on crutches and had to work around that situation.

What would motivate a person on crutches to do all of this? A deep desire for freedom. A desire to be physically self-sufficient and to be able to go where he or she wants to without restriction.

This is the same thing that motivates a person to develop a new mindset that enables them to set their own course in life, rather than rely on an uncertain world for a paycheck in order to survive. It’s the desire for freedom to live from the heart and fulfill one’s life purpose. It’s the desire to be who you are, and create the life of your choosing.

 

How does one make this powerful transition?

man walking off cliff

The best way to start this process is to understand that you must first change your thinking. Too many people think that the first step is to quit their job, then jump off the cliff and hope they can fly. This thought is terrifying for a reason, and that’s because it is wrong! And if you believe it, then you are likely to do nothing at all – which would be completely understandable, wouldn’t it?

What you should do instead is to draw a diagram of how you currently spend your time. The majority of your time likely revolves around your time at work. This mindset makes your job the centerpiece in your life. Everything else is viewed as being on the side. So the first thing to do is to see if you can create two categories for work, instead of just one.

Your first category would be your current job. Your second category could be seen as an initial project to begin changing your lifestyle and learning how to be self-sufficient and creative with whatever free time you have left. This is the time that you can spend developing the strength to make your own decisions, and putting together a small, part-time endeavor to see how that feels.

woman mapping out her time

The beauty of this approach is that it allows you the freedom to learn and make mistakes, without jeopardizing your current income. You can explore the avenue that makes your heart sing, and begin to figure out what it would take to make that an income-producing endeavor.

Granted, you will have to give up any time-wasting activities that don’t matter, but the rewards will be an ever-increasing sense of strength and self-confidence. If you are consistent in your efforts, then you will slowly begin to learn that perhaps you really can do something on your own! You will be transforming your mindset into one of self-sufficiency instead of dependency on others.

Imagine how amazing it would feel to know that you can do something purposeful that you love, and also provide for yourself by doing it. If you are willing to take the steps in that direction by understanding the necessary changes in mindset, and if you are willing to try from your heart, you can get there!

woman with beautiful flowers

Is there something that you would rather be doing than your current job? How does this affect you? I would love to hear any thoughts you have on this topic in the comments below 🙂

 

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