What do you love about life and your career?

I was recently asked by Karlena Lee, the founder and president of the Enterprising Young Professionals Network (EPYN), to contribute to her forthcoming book by answering a series of questions. I am answering these questions via this blog to help me get through them as they are quite extensive and very deep. If you're interested, I invite you to ask yourself these same questions.

What do you love about life and your career?

Paradoxically, I love the complexity and simplicity of life.

From one perspective, life is complex and mysterious. While I may learn a lot about it in my lifetime, what I learn will only be a particle of sand on an infinite beach. I am the result of millions of years of evolution and I see myself contributing to this evolution by being the change I want to see in every moment. I see myself contributing to something larger than myself, the end result of which I will never know.

On the other hand, I love that life can be so simple. For example, there are moments when I feel like I'm on top of the world. Where I feel like I'll be a president, solve hunger, or empower people internationally to follow their dreams. In other moments, I might have a deep connection with another person or part of nature. These moments are beyond logic and don't need a reason to make you feel the way you do.

In the end, I view my career as a tool to contribute to this process of evolution and as a vehicle to enjoy the simple parts of life more and more.