Reflecting on
Work
Work is where the question of who we are entangles with what we do.
© Work
Overview
A reflective, guided journal for the examined working life. It offers structured reflection rather than fixing: a place to think honestly about the work you are living, and to notice the direction you want to move in.
What's inside
Ten sections, in order: meeting your working life, your relationship to the work, your values, the body, the self, the people, the harder honesties, the thresholds, what helps, the life you want. One reflection per two-page spread, blank space beneath. A short opening, a close that settles nothing. Begin anywhere.
Draws on the following research
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