I remember staring at the clock, hopelessly wishing that it would move faster. I wanted to go home so badly, and yet I felt helpless to do anything about it.
At the time, I was working for a prestigious software company, making more money that I ever had before. And yet, I was miserable. I hated my job, and as a result, I hated my life. Giving away my life for a paycheck, I felt like a slave in the free world.
This was more than ten years ago.
I spent the past ten years figuring out what went wrong, and ultimately finding a solution. I was determined to never again sell my life for a paycheck, and yet, I still needed to support myself. I was lost, confused, and scared.
It took over ten years to go through layer upon layer of fears and insecurities that led me to that dreadful job in the first space. Today, I live my life in way that is honest to who I really am, as a writer, researcher, teacher, and singer.
But what matters most, is that I love my life. I wake up every morning eager to start the day. And when I look at the clock, I often wish that there was more time left to work. No kidding.
Too often, I meet others who wish that there was a better way to make a living, a way that didn't leave them feeling empty, frustrated, and sometimes completely broken. I always make the time to talk to them.
Over the past few years, I've helped numerous people find their way towards a fulfilling work-life. But there are only so many people that I can reach one-by-one.
I know what it's like to work for nothing other than money. No one should have to live like this. I wrote Work You Love in order to help more people find their way to a personally meaningful, enjoyable career.
Through my own experience, and the experiences of others, I identified what's preventing most of us from making a living at something that we love to do. There is a complex social structure that leads us to jobs we dislike, and a combination of social and psychological factors that keep us there.
In Work You Love, I unravel this system so that you will no longer be bound by it.
I believe with all of my heart that no-one should have to suffer for a paycheck. You deserve to make a living
while working at a job that is personally meaningful and deeply fulfilling. You deserve to do work you love.
Yours truly,
Maya Ackerman, PhD.
Make a living doing work you love
