Satisfaction at work… and in life
Once in a while I get the feeling that I am being productive, efficient and functional. I earn wages from work and then I go home, grab dinner and go to bed. The routine happens daily, coming home late after a long day of work, it seems like a substantial way to live, right? Maybe, maybe not. While being able to support myself, it may not be the best way to live my life.
I had a great upbringing, with many events, memories and activities that other kids did not. The most important lesson that I learned was that I needed to enjoy the things that I do and that I invest my time in. When we do, in life, what we think is the best for us, we are happy.
I have many memories of events in my life, but the ones that I recall the most, are those of moments of happiness. And we can be happy in many spaces, not only at a party or at a holiday or celebration. I am happy when I listen to music, when I write and when I spend time with friends.
Many people in my life have left, not temporarily, but for good, I will never see them again. Some people have made a difference in my life, while some others have hindered my life, and as much as I would like for things to be different, those things are just so. Life is perfect the way that it is, there is not turning the page, there is only the here and the now.
In the creation of arts, I find that the most productive method of attaining a powerful statement is to be original and genuine. Art for the sake of art is not important, art for the sake of making a statement is. And while my trade is accounting, I also have an artistic side which guides me as to how much I am fully doing what I like.
Doing what we love takes absolutely no effort, it is like jumping into a pool for the first time in our lives, we may think that we may drown but we will float and will be successful in the end, when we find our journey. For me, the journey has some ups and downs, sometimes I wonder if there was a reason behind that conflict I had with my colleagues, or if that discussion over religion was important, sometimes I wonder if making people feel good about themselves is even good. Some of the boiler plate quotes that I see in LinkedIn talk about this: but how do we feel about ourselves, we must put our lives first, we are who is at stake here.
Tomorrow may come, but the dreams that we had yesterday may be gone, the friends that we thought we cherished may have moved, the natural setting that once was untouched may be covered with asphalt and concrete, making way for other people who will live in places like ours…but not quite. Our life is unique, we are one of a kind, a bit rare, a bit wild, a bit weird, and the game does not end until we decide it to end.
I encountered a dilemma today, whether it is about being unique or about being an impostor. The term imposter syndrome, in which we believe we are not worthy, capable or that we belong at the table states that we minimize our worth and our value. We belong at the table as much as we would like or as little as we would like. Being transparent is not about saying it all out loud, it is not about being good, it is not about being innocent or naive, it is not about being bold and beautiful, it is about being who we are without thinking about the next chapter, the next day or the next year. Being transparent is doing what we like without stepping on anyone’s boundaries for happiness, and being unique, in a manner that our actions help someone.
The goal of SFG is to help society, by being a full component, a full entity and a full participant in everything and all that the business environment offers, that life offers. There are no limits if we wish them to be unimportant and doing what we want regardless of our situation is fundamental.