Good Work

Become capable of deep, meaningful work.

Economic realities along with supposedly work-enhancing or work-reducing technologies often strangle and maim good work, both in our workplace and at home. Turn to time-tested strategies for life-giving, soul-enhancing and relationship-deepening work.

Responding to Economic Pressures

Our economy especially rewards work that is removed from real needs and real life. You can make your profession more meaningful and find other enriching good work.

Reconnecting through Better Work

Often our work is shallow or even soul-numbing, and we feel disconnected from our bodies, the earth, and our community. Good work can reconnect you and build surprising new ties.

Rediscovering Your Inner Craftsman

We can’t find time or occasion to develop deeper, richer skills, and we feel incompetent in basic areas of life. The inner craftsman in you can come alive through a variety of soul-enhancing works.

What can I do?

STEP 1: Become a free LifeCraft member to watch the Concepts Made Clear videos on work and leisure.

STEP 2: Commit to reconnecting to your humanity by learning a craft, be it metalwork, preserving food, or splitting wood. 

STEP 3: Evaluate your relationship with money based on Socrates’ advice. See A Different Approach to Money

STEP 4: Foster a healthier perspective on work by understanding leisure. Get started with the Leisure Series.

STEP 5: Read the featured Wednesday Quotes below to explore more aspects of work and how we can humanize it today.

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