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You’re not your job. You’re not how much money you have in the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You’re not your ******* khakis. -Tyler Durden

“What do you do?”

They typical answer is usually something like “I’m a computer programmer.” Or a DJ, a cop, a barista, a stripper, or whatever.

The answer is always given in the context of work. Is work the center of your life? Is your career the most important thing you have? For many, it is. Our jobs become a fully integrated piece of our identities. Even when we pay lip-service to putting our families first, all too often, we spend more of our waking hours working than actually living.

We spend 40, 50, 60 hours each week at our jobs. It’s natural for that to become a part of us.

We go too far.

I am not my job. I am not my career.

I am a father, a husband, a writer, a blogger, and more. I have hopes, dreams, and ambitions entirely apart from my career.

I hope you do, too.

The next time someone asks you what you do, try responding with your passion.

“I’m a parent.”

“I grow freaking awesome roses.”

“I travel whenever I can.”

“I obsess over politics.”

Leave the tradition work-centric script behind. You’re going to confuse the people who are expecting it. They think they are asking about your job and you are responding with something that truly matters to you.

What do you do?

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