Comments on: I’m motivated by a paycheck and more! http://nonprofit2020.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/im-motivated-by-a-paycheck-and-more/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:21:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: chelsea http://nonprofit2020.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/im-motivated-by-a-paycheck-and-more/#comment-103 chelsea Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:09:39 +0000 http://nonprofit2020.wordpress.com/?p=83#comment-103 Tera, I appreciate the fact that we as Gen X and Y-ers can find creative ways to make money and support ourselves, but I also think that nonprofits have a responsibility to provide living wage jobs and encourage work/life balance. How does having a second, creative job encourage personal and spiritual fulfillment? How does it challenge and break down the stereotype that work should always be number one, and the only way to show devotion to a cause is to give your everything to it. In the words of Cecile Andrews, author of "Slow is Beautiful", how can we learn to strive for "good enough" rather than "perfect"? My job meets some of my personal fulfillment needs, but not all of them, and I don't think the pursuit of more money in new ways will meet any more of those needs. In working for a nonprofit, and therefore for social change of some sort, I think we are much better off learning how to feed ourselves and reduce burnout through relationships, community and spirituality. I hope I don't sound too critical-that isn't my intention. Your post just reminded me of my struggle to balance work and life and feel justified in doing so when my role models do not. Tera,
I appreciate the fact that we as Gen X and Y-ers can find creative ways to make money and support ourselves, but I also think that nonprofits have a responsibility to provide living wage jobs and encourage work/life balance. How does having a second, creative job encourage personal and spiritual fulfillment? How does it challenge and break down the stereotype that work should always be number one, and the only way to show devotion to a cause is to give your everything to it. In the words of Cecile Andrews, author of “Slow is Beautiful”, how can we learn to strive for “good enough” rather than “perfect”?

My job meets some of my personal fulfillment needs, but not all of them, and I don’t think the pursuit of more money in new ways will meet any more of those needs. In working for a nonprofit, and therefore for social change of some sort, I think we are much better off learning how to feed ourselves and reduce burnout through relationships, community and spirituality.

I hope I don’t sound too critical-that isn’t my intention. Your post just reminded me of my struggle to balance work and life and feel justified in doing so when my role models do not.

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