- makes the world a better place
- heals something - the planet? people?
- fits within the existing culture / not woo-woo*
- is Deep - not focused on surface/shallow things**
- is Serious***, not light hearted/fun/adventurous
- Feeds your soul
- Is your special purpose/gift for the world
- Is permanent, or at least evolving? You spiral deeper as you age.
- It inspires you to work like crazy... will probably soon consume you (but in a good way)
- Is respectable and earns you respect (within the existing mainstream culture)
- Could maybe have something to do with art if you tackle serious subject matter and you're crazy good at it - like Meryl Streep, or a photographer capturing vanishing cultures.
- Is out in the world - probably not just being a wonderful wife, mother, family member.
- Should also leave you time to be a wonderful wife, mother, family member, neighbor.
- Earns enough to help support your family.
*Woo woo probably includes acupuncture, cranial sacral therapy, somatic therapy,
**Surface/shallow concerns include things like: fashion, clothing, interior design, "fluffy" novels,
*** Law, politics, medicine, teaching,(but only teaching through the proper culturally-accepted institutions), therapy (but only talk therapy).
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