Have you ever asked yourself: What should I do when I grow up? How can I do something that makes a difference in the world? Am I choosing the right major? Am I being the best person for my family? If you have, you have thought about vocation.
Vocation is living your life in an intentional way that honors your own flourishing and the good of the community. It includes the whole life of a person and is not simply a single occupation or moment in time
People are complex with a variety of interests and responsibilities. Developing and pursuing those interests happens through work, play and community. You can live out who you are in a variety of places and spaces, giving you freedom to connect with others and yourself in meaningful ways.
Vocation, while often talked about with spiritual and religious language, is not owned by any one faith or secular belief system. Thinking about who you are called to be with and for others in the world is a big task and can be approached using multiple frameworks and understandings. To learn more about Augustana’s approach, please read more here.
Communities require that all people and work are valued. Vocational exploration asks you to consider who you are and how you might use your strengths for the benefit of the community as a whole.
Vocation asks you to consider your whole self and all of the ways the world might benefit from your work, paid or unpaid. So, you may find meaning and purpose in paid work, unpaid work or both, but that purpose and your understanding of it is likely to grow and change overtime.
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