If it doesn't change something, why are you even doing it?
Mattering is the engine. A paycheck won't hold you and praise wears off fast — you need the thing you do to leave a dent in something bigger than yourself. It makes you driven, principled, the person who shows up for the cause when it stops being convenient. But the Eye notices the shadow: you can be so fixed on the big mark that you miss the small, real ones right next to you — and quietly judge people who seem content with 'just a life.' Impact is a gift. So is letting some things just be small and good.
Get your read — free on iPhoneyou've stayed in something hard purely because quitting felt like the cause would lose. 'is this worth it' is the only question that actually moves you.