A Goodreads user asked Elizabeth Gilbert:

Dear Elizabeth, I have read 3 of your books(Eat,pray,love, Commited and lately I read The signature of all things). Your style of writing is so amazing, so versatile and your books are a pure delight. It is as if you are writing for everbody and nobody in particular in the same time. My q is:What would you recommend to a young woman who is unsuccessfully searching for a job since she finished uni 2 yrs ago? Thank you!

Elizabeth Gilbert Hello Jelena! That must be so deeply frustrating, and I hope you find a job soon. My advice, though, would be this: Don't let the fact that you don't have a job stop you from having a VOCATION. A job is a career, something that pays the bills, and we all need one — and other people are often in charge of whether we get a job or not. But a vocation is a sacred calling. A job puts money in the bank, but a vocation makes your soul come alive. Being an author is my job, but writing is my vocation. I wrote for years before anyone paid me for it, and I will write forever, regardless of how my career is going. You need to find something in your life that you love so much that it gives you a reason to wake up in the morning — and nobody can find that for you. Nobody can give you that and nobody can take it from you. You have to take fierce self-accountability for identifying your own sacred vocation. You have to go find it, make it, bring it to life. Good luck!

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