Be Satisfied with Your Professional Pursuits
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August 17, 2025
Sunday SAGe Volume 48: Be Satisfied with Your Professional Pursuits
Here is this week’s installment of Sunday SAGe, an email communication that shares wellness inspiration from The Wellness Ethic to help people thrive during the coming week (and beyond!).
This week’s focus is on professional satisfaction.
Be Satisfied with Your Professional Pursuits
An excerpt from The Wellness Ethic:
Professional pursuits are activities that you engage in related to your career. They include what you do in your job, of course, but they also encompass professional development opportunities like earning certifications and degrees, writing articles or books, and joining professional organizations.
Typically, the main outcome you seek from your professional pursuits is to fund your lifestyle. But when you consider that most working people dedicate nearly half their waking hours to their job (including commute time), you’ll also want your work to satisfy you. Getting the most satisfaction out of your professional pursuits is synonymous with nurturing the wonderful gift of your existence.
What It Means
Being satisfied with your work is essential to thriving in life. To bring more satisfaction to your professional pursuits, you can:
Mindfully engage in what you do. Try to create “flow” when working on a task. Closely observe meeting dynamics (nonverbal cues, how people interact, momentum shifts, energy levels) and use those insights to influence the meeting outcomes. Practice deep breathing to increase focus before working on a project. Don’t multitask.
Increase the challenge with what you pursue—develop mastery. Complete a task in half the time without sacrificing quality or safety. Set a stretch objective requiring you to expand your capabilities. Stay on top of industry trends. Practice to build mastery. Pursue certifications and degrees. Go to conferences. Use your superpowers to excel at your job. Work with your leader and human resources to develop a career path. Seek promotions or challenging lateral moves.
Diversify a pursuit. Start a blog around your area of expertise. Write a book or an article. Be a podcast guest. Present at a conference. Teach what you know. Offer your skills to a nonprofit.
Add other loves to a pursuit to multiply the love. Listen to podcasts and audiobooks related to your career while you do personal activities. Bring your child (or pet) to your workplace. Exercise while you take virtual meetings. Schedule meditation into your workday.
Pursue something you have never done before. Learn how to code. Job shadow in a different department. Design an app. Explore a career change. Volunteer to take on assignments outside your comfort zone.
There are unlimited ways to bring more satisfaction into your work.
Your Call to Action
Being satisfied in your work requires initiative. Even jobs that aren’t aligned to your calling in life can be made more interesting and fulfilling. You can always find ways to become more engaged in your work. What can you do this week to boost your job satisfaction?
Have a satisfying week!
