How to Love Your Work (or Find Work You Love)

I had a chat with an Ohio State student the other day and all of her questions made me smile.

What's it like to work at COhatch? What's the best thing about your work? What strengths do you have that have gotten you this far? Do you feel like this is a company you can see yourself with for a long time?

My career path has been a rollercoaster of sorts. Most roles I've only been in for a year or less. I've never niched down into an expertise. I've always been open to learn and do anything that I was asked.

It's been the opposite of what every person has said: Work a job for a few years, find what you're good at and stick with it.

When Emily asked me these questions, I didn't skip a beat.

What's gotten me this far is my heart. It's not my skill, a good/steady paycheck *though it helps*, or my education.

I have always known deep down that people, places, and things (including companies) could easily hook me with their values, their mission, and their ability to activate on those things.

Not many companies have lived up to that challenge, even though most had really fun work benefits and events.

I've worked for a handful of companies over my career and to be honest, many were great, but many didn't meet the expectations I have for myself to do good and make a difference. To allow me to make a difference alongside them.

My strength has always been to lead with my heart and my values, not my education or my skills. COhatch ticked all the boxes I had in mind that I had been missing.

It really does make a difference to love your work, the people you work with, and the values/mission that you're working together to achieve.

Days will be hard, long, and tiring, but even those days are better than most days at a place you don't LOVE to work.

So yes, at the end of the day, COhatch is a place I feel most like myself, that allows me to live up to my strengths and challenge my weaknesses. It's a place to grow, find your people, and do more good.

And that's exactly where you should work. Somewhere that supports your peak abilities and stretches your skills. That's where you do your best work and where you find a deeper meaning behind it all.