Why am I even doing this?

It can be easy to get sucked into the details of our daily lives and lose sight of what motivated us to seek this degree, this job, this hobby, this insert-time-consuming-activity in the first place. There is always so much to do and not enough time to do it, and the stress and overwhelm of the details can affect our motivation and cause us to question whether this (whatever it is) is worth it.

I've extolled the benefits before of the monthly review to help keep the deadlines and minutia from controlling our actions, but sometimes we require a deeper investigation. Sometimes the question is not are my routines and systems working? but am I doing this for the right reasons? or even am I in the right career?

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