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

childbirth, would soon play an important role in Ginny’s
life.
After the birth, she went back to her job as an office
secretary, which provided some stability but wasn’t enough
to satisfy her. The position provided steady hours and
flexibility to spend time with her son, but the pay wasn’t
great and she was sure this wasn’t what she was supposed to
be doing with her life. “I was bored,” she said. “I couldn’t
see myself living this way for the rest of my life.” But she
wasn’t about to give up. In spite of the taboos that
surrounded her situation, she wanted respect and wasn’t
afraid to break convention to get it.
Partly out of curiosity and partly due to boredom, Ginny
started an online business educating mothers on the health
benefits of breastfeeding. She and her peers had grown up
on formula, and as a result, very few Singaporean mothers
knew much about nursing. Through her online store, she
sold T-shirts and other products advocating breastfeeding
awareness. She had seen the positive effects of nursing her
own child and wanted to help other mothers who were
interested in more natural approaches to child rearing.
Although she wasn’t much of an online shopper herself, the
experience opened up a whole new world to her.
Since she was usually working or taking care of her son,
most of Ginny’s socialization happened through a network
of friends she had met on the Internet. One friend, Amy,
was an Australian Chinese woman who had been successful
working as a doula in Singapore. Since she was the only