And you evaluate the parts you don’t like, asking “is this somehow serving the parts I do like?”

The job is meaningful if it allows your family to have a house.

But if there’s another job that maybe sucks less but pays just as much, then maybe your current job isn’t so meaningful. It’s just meaningless pain.

By doing this evaluation you get benefit on both sides of that outcome:

• When something does serve the parts you like, it’s easier to bear
• When something doesn’t serve the parts you like, it’s good to know so you can work on swapping it out with something that does