I often wonder what I should be when I grow up. I have come to a point in my life where I have a pretty good handle on who I am, how I’m wired, what drives me, and what stirs my soul. The question that I come to is how do I tie that all together in my life? I very much enjoy what I do, and it does fit who I am. Does it fit perfectly, no but it meets the 80/80 percent Greg talks about when it comes to what we do. The thought goes like this – you are in a good fitting job when 80% of who you are is 80% of what you do. The other 20% of what you do are simply the things that need to get done to do the other 80%. As for the 80% of me, I don’t think it is possible to find a job, task, activity, etc that you exercise 100% of who you are.
That said, to fulfill the missing 20% we take on other ministries, activities, or tasks to use our neglected skills & passions. I guess I need to figure out how in any give day, week, or months I can in fact use all the different skill sets, talents, or gifts to server others and extend God’s love to them.