How will my work make you feel better? I think what you're really asking is how can your work make the world a better place? And you're looking for ideas? How

How will my work make you feel better? I think what you're really asking is how can your work make the world a better place? And you're looking for ideas? How many people do you need to "improve" to make you feel self-worth? 1? 10? A billion? What do your customers think? Do they think their world is improved by spending their money with you? Do you think they're spending money with you because it makes them worse off? In truth 99% of people make the world better, even at a small scale, even if they don't know it. That person directing traffic, flipping buyers, working on a production line, is contributing to society. Even traditionally despised occupations (tax collector, adware programmer) perform vital functions that society needs to function well. In our journey through life its common to reach a point where one seeks to find "significance". Naturally the first place you look for this is work. If you are functionally easily replaced (think payroll clerk) then it's easy to become despondent. But easy replacement doesn't make you less significant to the people who rely on you every month. Equally you dismiss "paying the bills". As if your loved ones are not sufficient for "making the world better". Or as if the people receiving those bills are not sufficient. That waiter you tip, that grocery you buy, the mechanic who fixes your car - you lean on them for your life, and they benefit from your custom. I'll close by suggesting that significance seldom comes from work. It comes from how you treat people. "Seeing" people, saying hello, treating them with humanity, that's how you make the world better. Thank people sincerely for the way they improve your life. Acknowledge the hidden people who make your life easy. (Go thank your payroll clerk.) Tell others how they are significant in your life, regardless of how menial their task for you is. When you find the significance in others, you'll also find it in yourself. I wish you well.