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the obsession you'd do for free, except rent exists.
means A career or occupation, especially one a person feels called to or particularly suited for.
from From Latin vocatio, 'a calling' or 'summons,' from vocare 'to call' (a cousin of voice and vocal). Originally weighted with religious meaning — God 'calling' someone to a holy life — before it broadened to mean any work that feels less like a job and more like an answer to something that called your name.
- latin root
- From vocare, meaning to call or summon
- religious origin
- Once meant only a divine summons to priesthood
- vs job
- A job pays bills; a vocation pays meaning
- luther's twist
- He declared all honest work a holy calling
monasticism — religious calling that has sustained monastic communities like mount athos since 963 ad with thousands of monks dedicated to spiritual life
midwifery — ancient calling practiced by approximately 350,000 midwives globally, trained specifically to attend childbirth as their primary vocation
priesthood — formalized religious vocation requiring seminary training, with over 400,000 catholic priests worldwide ordained to serve as their life's calling