It's another sister episode! Today, Serenity chats with her younger sister, Charity, "a singer and a mom." Charity had her dream job, a paid worship pastor at her church. She has a lot of insight about what it really means to have a job in ministry/nonprofit. When her leaders took the team through the Working Genius framework to discover their work personalities, Charity realized why the administrative parts of being an on-staff worship paster had been so challenging for her. There came a point when she determined the right move would be letting go of the job that looked so perfect for her on paper. This is her story! Charity also talks about homeschooling, creative dreams, and making a big family adventure possible.

Chapters

2:56 I want to be a singer and a mom

7:36 First jobs

9:19 From volunteering to a staff position in ministry

12:33 How ministry/nonprofit is unique from other jobs

20:01 Artist questions - is there more I could do, did I miss my break?

23:17 Quitting the dream job

30:16 Leveraging cosmic insignificance in decision-making

39:20 The Working Genius framework and realizing you’re in the wrong job

48:09 The difficulty of untangling your identity from your title

1:00:03 What it takes to homeschool

1:07:45 Taking the whole fam to Costa Rica for 10 weeks!

1:12:02 It Worked for Me

Links

Charity on Apple Music

Charity in her role as worship leader

Parenting is for Losers

Working Genius

Charity and her husband, Ryan, sing an original song about NOT telling their younger selves how great it’s going to be: Don’t Tell Them Anything

Also discussed:

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

I Do This For a Living is independently produced.

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