What if the meaning you're searching for isn't something that shows up — it's something you create?

This week, we sat down with Justin Jones-Fosu, co-founder of Work Meaningful, TEDx speaker, and author of Stop Chasing, Start Creating, for a conversation on intentional habits, self-care, and how small daily choices build a life of real purpose. Justin shares the framework behind his national study on meaningful work, the year he spent studying tortoises in the Galapagos, and the personal reckoning that led him to a truth he now lives by: stop proving your worth, start being your worth.

We talk about the habits that seem small — creating before you consume, filling your own cup first, measuring the gain instead of the gap — but that quietly reshape how alive you feel day to day. Justin also opens up about his own struggles with mental health, therapy, and the moment that taught him meaning isn't found, it's built.

Inside the episode, we explore:

• Why 67% of people value meaningful work over high pay
• The Choose, Commit, Cultivate framework for intentional living
• How storytelling and community turn small habits into lasting fulfillment

Justin closes the episode with a live improvised poem on aliveness — a fitting end to a conversation that felt less like advice and more like permission to slow down and mean it.

Stay Connected with Justin:

The Meaningful67 Challenge, starting August 31
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfT-RemGlLljYtxFi8Z3eVoLylY8-yJ4bAHj73Fvl5EDmJvHg/viewform?usp=header

My TEDx Talk
https://youtu.be/-iy5vzpJjjs?si=5Z3tyvM6l2gWX6Fn

Stop Chasing, Start Creating
https://a.co/d/0cJN2Tkm

National Study on Meaningful Work in America
https://workmeaningful.com/national-study-on-meaningful-work-in-america/

Work Meaningful
www.WorkMeaningful.com

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