Why I quit my 'dream job' to become a janitor at a church. | Brian Robinette

Professor Brian Robinette shares his story about the time he quit his “dream job” in advertising to become a janitor at a church after a massive quarter-life crisis. This is the story of the best mess he ever made. This episode is a live recording from 2018.

 

 

Brian Robinette is currently a professor in the Theology Department at Boston College.

 

 

“To actually take on this kind of crisis can feel like it’s going to destroy or unravel everything that you’ve been working towards all along and here’s what I have to say to you: Let it. Let that happen. Is to not be so focused on some sort of goal that you think that you have, or other people have of you, that you can’t take sufficient time to allow yourself to be deeply confused -to not really know what you’re doing and to really not know what you’re doing. To have a crisis more fully is what I’m suggesting, to have a more complete crisis where you lean into it. You’re not generating crisis or unnecessary drama in your life – you’re actually leaning in and allowing the confusion to be some sort of potential source of wisdom for you…” – Prof. Brian Robinette

 

 

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