You need to find <i>your</i> passion and a job that fits it decently.<p>My dad was career military and my ex husband was career military. When I was a military wife and full time mom, I was doing things that mattered. Military spouses are part of the system. Spouse support groups are integral to the military mission. &quot;Loose lips sink ships&quot; and all that.<p>I got divorced and I got a corporate job. A lot of folks working there were incredibly jazzed to br there. That job was the biggest thing that ever happened to them and their identity ad an employee of BigCo loomed large in their eyes.<p>Not so for me. Lives and national security did nothang in the balance. It was just a paycheck to me.<p>I now do freelance work so I can keep myself healthy and free. I am more jazzed about figuring out how to do this well and make more money at it than I ever was about my corporate job. Figuring this out makes a real difference in my life.<p>You need to find your <i>Mission</i> in life and pursue that. If uour job serves your misdion, great! If your job is just a paycheck but it frees you to pursue your mission in your free time, almost as good.<p>This is not going to come from stumbling across the right company. It is about what makes you feel most alive -- and that varies from person to person.