In the midst of the unfolding crisis with work – a fundamentally spiritual problem – it seems to me that we desperately need new cultural metaphors to describe labour. What, actually, is this thing called “work”? Why do we do it? What does it afford us? What can’t it afford us?

For now, I find solace in the metaphor of work as trace. In a world... See more

Reframing “work” as a process of embodied intention not only inverts the relationship between process and output (and makes us question why that relationship ever seemed hierarchical in the first place) but also forces us to prioritize the things that make process more enjoyable, true, delightful and meaningful.

But it was only a sliver of who I am.

The rest? The thinker, the writer ... was left behind . Not because it lacked value. But because I didn’t know where it belonged.

And that’s not just my story. It’s systemic .

We live in a world full of misplaced people. Told to optimize their LinkedIn profiles instead of understanding where they truly belong.

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