Erica Bailey

Like, I hope I figure it out. I hope I make the right choices. What I found is you figure it out by doing, not as much by thinking. It's really hard to know what's going to give you purpose and meaning or what you're going to find fulfilling before you actually do it. So there's some experimentation that you can do to learn more.

what gives you meaning, what matters, what helps you find a sense of authenticity in your daily life. And then I also try and be realistic that almost anything I do, I'm going to get annoyed with it. There's going to be a day where I'm like, I do not want to do this dream job that I worked so hard for. I think that's common. People adapt really quickly to their environments, both good and bad.

what gives you meaning, what matters, what helps you find a sense of authenticity in your daily life. And then I also try and be realistic that almost anything I do, I'm going to get annoyed with it. There's going to be a day where I'm like, I do not want to do this dream job that I worked so hard for. I think that's common. People adapt really quickly to their environments, both good and bad.

what gives you meaning, what matters, what helps you find a sense of authenticity in your daily life. And then I also try and be realistic that almost anything I do, I'm going to get annoyed with it. There's going to be a day where I'm like, I do not want to do this dream job that I worked so hard for. I think that's common. People adapt really quickly to their environments, both good and bad.

And so there's not a day where you reach the pinnacle of who you are and you're happy forever. And that kind of can help take the edge off these difficult days where you think, I should feel happier, right? Or I just got tenure. I just got to this point in my career. I should kind of finally feel something that I thought was there. And It's just still you.

And so there's not a day where you reach the pinnacle of who you are and you're happy forever. And that kind of can help take the edge off these difficult days where you think, I should feel happier, right? Or I just got tenure. I just got to this point in my career. I should kind of finally feel something that I thought was there. And It's just still you.

And so there's not a day where you reach the pinnacle of who you are and you're happy forever. And that kind of can help take the edge off these difficult days where you think, I should feel happier, right? Or I just got tenure. I just got to this point in my career. I should kind of finally feel something that I thought was there. And It's just still you.

It's still that sense of who you've been all along that's kind of still with you and you have to make peace with that. The other piece of advice that I love is from Tig Notaro, and she talks about the joy of the phrase, nothing matters, and how it can be really sad to be like, oh, nothing matters.

It's still that sense of who you've been all along that's kind of still with you and you have to make peace with that. The other piece of advice that I love is from Tig Notaro, and she talks about the joy of the phrase, nothing matters, and how it can be really sad to be like, oh, nothing matters.

It's still that sense of who you've been all along that's kind of still with you and you have to make peace with that. The other piece of advice that I love is from Tig Notaro, and she talks about the joy of the phrase, nothing matters, and how it can be really sad to be like, oh, nothing matters.

You know, at the end of the day, maybe my job is super fulfilling, but what's going to be left of it in 100 years? But there's also something so freeing about that, that, you know what? Nothing matters. I made a mistake at work. My life will go on. You know, I write expensive PDFs for a living. And that's funny. Like, that's...

You know, at the end of the day, maybe my job is super fulfilling, but what's going to be left of it in 100 years? But there's also something so freeing about that, that, you know what? Nothing matters. I made a mistake at work. My life will go on. You know, I write expensive PDFs for a living. And that's funny. Like, that's...

You know, at the end of the day, maybe my job is super fulfilling, but what's going to be left of it in 100 years? But there's also something so freeing about that, that, you know what? Nothing matters. I made a mistake at work. My life will go on. You know, I write expensive PDFs for a living. And that's funny. Like, that's...

It is very rewarding for me, but at the end of the day, you know, it is silly. In hindsight, my great grandparents who were farmers would look at what I'm doing and say, what is this bright screen you're tapping into all day long?

It is very rewarding for me, but at the end of the day, you know, it is silly. In hindsight, my great grandparents who were farmers would look at what I'm doing and say, what is this bright screen you're tapping into all day long?

It is very rewarding for me, but at the end of the day, you know, it is silly. In hindsight, my great grandparents who were farmers would look at what I'm doing and say, what is this bright screen you're tapping into all day long?

So I think it's healthy to have some sense of like life is partially meaningless and partially deeply infused with meaning that we bring it and that we give to it and that we give to our relationships along the way.

So I think it's healthy to have some sense of like life is partially meaningless and partially deeply infused with meaning that we bring it and that we give to it and that we give to our relationships along the way.

So I think it's healthy to have some sense of like life is partially meaningless and partially deeply infused with meaning that we bring it and that we give to it and that we give to our relationships along the way.

Great talking to you.