Do you remember what it was like to start your career? Those first steps you took on the career ladder as a budding employee full of energy and ambition? While a lot of people get started like this, it’s all too common to see people feel disconnected from their work a few years later. The routine of a regular job sets in, your goals become more about titles or pay rises, and that spark you had slowly fades away to nothing. This isn’t because people stop caring about success though, but more because the work itself no longer feels meaningful. Doing something that you genuinely enjoy changes that dynamic in powerful ways because a fulfilling career isn’t only about external rewards. There’s actually a lot of focus on how you feel day to day, how engaged you are with your work, and whether your efforts feel worthwhile or if you feel like just another small cog in a large machine.