Work

No matter how hard I try, my sense of self worth still seems to be tied to what I am doing.

That means that when I am doing something that seems worthwhile, such as transcribing interviews like I am doing now, or raising my children, I feel really good about me.

But then when I am not doing much of anything I don't think much of myself.

That is why volunteering is so important to me. I see a reason for what I am doing or I wouldn't be doing it. Then I feel I have a reason to be.

Somehow work done out of love is so much more fulfilling.