Jay Shetty

we found happiness and meaning in multiple different places.

We had church or temple or community.

You had home life, children.

You had other friends that lived close by.

You probably lived close to your family.

I don't live close to my family.

You're not that close to yours.

And then you had work.

Whereas now it feels like church, temple, community has gone.

We're further away from our families.

So all the pressure is on work to provide all of this.

And that's why I think the work conversation is so important because we're now living at a time where that's the place that we're looking for meaning, for belonging, for connection.

But as you talk about in the book, we're not getting it.

We're not getting it there.

So this blew my mind on page 74 of your book, figure 4-2.

Only feeling sick in bed is a more unhappy activity than working, which means we would rather...

care or help for adults, wait in line, do admin or organizing, do housework chores or DIY more than working and studying.

The only thing we'd rather not do than work is being sick in bed.

What can individuals do differently?

Define meaning at work.