In college I became captivated by the prestigious world of strategy consulting and spent more than two years trying to break in, not knowing the codes or norms of this weird, elite world. I grew up in a small town in rural Connecticut surrounded by a big family. Surprisingly, I start to find some simple but powerful answers from history, philosophy, and my own experience, ones that offer a dramatically different story about our modern relationship to work. Over the next few years, I attempt to answer these questions and to do so, I find myself drawn to living abroad, experimenting with non-work, unleashing my curiosity, and grappling with my insecurities and fears. What happens when you don't orient your life around work?.How do you handle not knowing what the future looks like?.Who was I if I didn't have a clearly legible title or path in life?.I started contemplating hard questions, the ones I had kept safely buried beneath the surface. A few months into the journey, I felt pulled by a deep feeling that I needed to experiment much more with my life. I had quit my job with the idea that I would become a freelance consultant, working a bit less and having a little more flexibility.
The surprising answer? There was., but it meant rejecting much of what I thought was true growing up and also what most of the people around me believed. This is the question that sent me on a five year journey to figure out if there was a better way to build a relationship to work. How did work become the center of our lives?
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