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Problem
Toward Craftsmanship

I have been in this organisation for so long that I cannot assess it objectively. The familiarity has removed perspective. I do not know if I would choose this place if I were choosing now.

Part of the pattern: Find Meaning in Your Work
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The path forward
  1. 1Seek an outside perspective
  2. 2Ask if you'd choose this now
  3. 3Let the answer guide you
One thing to try this week
Ask yourself one question this week: if I were offered this role at this organisation today, would I take it? Let the honest answer be information.
Related problems
A reorganisation or acquisition changed everything, and the meaning I used to find in this work died with the old version of it. The job has the same title but a different soul, and I am grieving a workplace that no longer exists.By any external measure I am successful. It does not feel good. Something is missing.Early in the career the work carried genuine passion. Over time the passion became professionalism — competent, reliable, committed, but no longer driven by what originally fuelled it. I do it well because I am a professional. That is all.Every rejection feels personal, and my mood rides the last yes or no all day.I am good at my job and I know it. But I feel almost nothing when I do it. It feels completely hollow.I am here for the pension, the insurance, the stability, and the known quantity. The meaning is thin or absent. I have been honest with myself about the financial reasons and not honest about the cost to meaning.

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