I've long wondered why the most common question that we ask people when we meet them for the first time is "What do you do?" Is that the most important thing about them? I used to think that it was the most important thing about me.
I still acknowledge and am proud of all the hard work that it took for me to get to where I am professionally. I do good work, and I believe that it's important, since it has focused on recovery.
If you looked at my LinkedIn profile, you'd probably think I have a few good things going on. But the biggest lesson that I've learned in the last twenty years is that my work is not my worth.
I don't hustle for my worthiness through my work anymore. I'm not saying that my work doesn't have value.
It does. But I am not what I do.