Is It Time To Re-Story?
I am a big believer in reflecting on the narratives we are developing with our lives and continually creating a new, more fulfilling and meaningful story for ourselves. To do this we can do what Bruce Feiler called “re-storying” our lives in his great book, The Search: Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World. Sometimes the prompt that allows us to re-story our lives is what Feiler called a “workquake,” which Feiler defined as “a moment of disruption, inflection, or reevaluation that redirects our work in a meaningful way.” Things like taking a new job, going back to school, losing employment, the birth of a child – or, as witnessed in the last few years, even a pandemic can cause a workquake, according to Feiler. In other words, what I call “life happening.”
To re-story our lives means to consciously and intentionally rewrite or reshape the narrative of our personal experiences. It involves examining the stories we have been telling ourselves about our lives, identifying any negative or limiting beliefs that may be holding us back, and then actively working to change those stories into more positive and empowering ones. How about you? Have you had a workquake or life happened in a way it is time to re-story?
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