The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do

indicate that he missed being a ranger. Jack replied, “You
may miss being a park ranger, but if you can make this
[podcast] work, you will impact more people than you ever
could working in a park.”
Looking back, Jody can see how everything in his life,
even the unexpected turns and disappointments, helped him
get to where he is now. He couldn’t be doing what he’s now
doing without the many weird twists in his story that forced
him to pivot at opportune times. “I couldn’t have done this,”
he said, “without being a park ranger for eight years. And I
couldn’t have done it without being in business and having
a nontraditional park ranger story.” To him, it’s all
connected.
So how does Jody see his calling now? Has it changed
or evolved? “I was called to parks, not to be a park ranger,”
he said, explaining that he better understands now what he
was meant to do. “And even when I tried to leave, I was
drawn back.” In his experience, this is how a calling works.
It’s something that will not leave you alone, a beckoning
toward the work for which you were made. And for Jody, it
came and went at different seasons, growing and changing
as he did.
“Don’t search for your calling,” he said. “Explore, try
new things, keep your feet moving. Something will grab
you. It will call to you. It is no different than falling in love.
You can’t sit on your couch and decide you are going to
marry a certain girl. You fall in love after sharing
experiences, joy, challenges, maybe even heartbreak. All of