Choose Work You Can Sustain
Source idea: A person should choose livelihood work that fits what he can bear and continue doing.
Chovot Halevavot – Shaar Habitachon
Your Hishtadlut Has to Fit a Real Human Being
It is easy to look at someone else’s schedule and decide you should be able to do the same. Rabbeinu Bachya says livelihood effort should take a person’s actual strength and abilities into account. He even points to work a person can keep doing over time. Good hishtadlut is not measured by how exhausted you can make yourself. It should fit the person Hashem actually made you.
Reflection
What part of my work am I measuring against someone else's capacity?
Today’s Avodah
Pick one task today and do it at a pace you can realistically sustain.
Carry today’s avodah with you and return tomorrow.
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