Our culture encourages us to define ourselves by our careers. When we meet someone at a party, the ubiquitous first question is, "So, what do you do?" While professional identity is important, there are also many other aspects of our lives that define us. If you were asked to describe or list the things that make you who you are beyond what you do for a living, what would you say? What are the relationships, hobbies, roles, and other aspects that round out your self-definition and self-image?

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I definitely feel like I've worked to not only ask people about what they do for work. I remember when I was in school and totally stressed out and people asked so many questions about my plans going forward, and I was always just totally overwhelmed by it and I just wanted to talk about other things. So yeah I love to ask people about their families, their hobbies, their side projects, etc. I am a wife, mother, gardener, cook, I'm a voracious reader and would love to write fiction one day. It's all a part of who I am.

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It's great to recognize all aspects of who you are.

I am lucky enough to love the work I do. I am a huge language nerd and I'm a speech language pathology assistant. I don't mind basing my identity in that. Yes if I died they would start looking for my replacement tomorrow, I've heard it all before. My bosses may not care about me but my clients do.

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I hope you find meaning in your work and enjoy connecting with your clients.

My current identity is I am a mum 24/7. I think that will always be one identity I will have

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That's the most important job in the world!

I do feel that my work in healthcare is partially who I am because it is so important to me. However I would also say that I am made up up friends and family as I am very family oriented, and being a good friend and good sibling is a large part of who I am as well.

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I'm an artist. I went to college for a BFA in painting and for a long time, before I was in pharmacy, I was *really* embarrassed to talk about my lack of an art career because I spent so much time and money on it in college.

Being in healthcare has made me feel a *little* better and proud to talk about the work I do. But it's still just a job to me, not a career, and even though it's been fascinating and incredibly useful to learn about, pharmacy isn't my passion.

I was recently at a wedding with old highschool friends and literally none of us talked about what we do for work. It was a little weird. One of my friends even introduced me to someone as an "amazing artist". We just talked about life and it was nice. Being parents, taking care of our older parents now, traveling, concerts.... There's so much more to life than work and I'm sad we have to spend so much of our lives working.

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All very good points. Thank you for sharing.

I dropped out of two Philadelphia-area art schools in the early 80s, and it took until my early 30s to become a nurse. I sometimes feel sad about not pursuing a career in the arts, but it wasn't right for me as a vocation or a hobby. My wife earned her BFA in painting but is now an astrologer. Go figure.

As long as we find meaning in life, we have the opportunity to be happy.

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