Being Human: The Job You Didn’t Know You Signed Up For

Spoiler alert: you’re employed.

No, not by a tech startup or a yoga studio but by Earth itself. Somewhere between the stars and your soul's bold ambition, you signed a cosmic contract to be human and apparently forgot to read the fine print. Rookie mistake!

In this post, I’ll break down how I went from spiritually checked-out to spiritually on-call. And if your current assignment feels like a bad HR mismatch, keep reading because this may help to provide some clarity.

I Used to Hate My Job

For most of my life, I hated being human. It felt like a punishment. Like I had been sent to Earth against my will. A prison planet. A karmic trap. I used to weep reading spiritual texts that said Bodhisattvas return to liberate others and the only way to liberate humanity is if everyone “wakes us” or that we were living through the Kali Yuga, an age of suffering that spans eons. Reincarnation felt like an eternal sentence, a loop I couldn’t escape. I would damn the wheel of incarnation, and I wanted off!

During a healing session with one of my most stoic, grounded, yet infinitely compassionate teachers, I said, “This is my last life. I’m not coming back.” She muted herself, then burst into uncontrollable laughter. When she unmuted, she said calmly, “If you don’t want to come back, you need to become a healer.”

“Done,” I replied.

I used to say things like, “I’m not human. Humanity is terrible. I’d rather be a beam of light flying through the cosmos. No personality. No body. No ego.” And I meant it. Now I see how those statements were simply spiritual bypassing.

Ram Dass’ teachings on being nobody resonated deeply with me. To be no-body sounded like freedom. A fantasy. Then something shifted.

Last year, I was at a gathering with my closest friends, my “Soul Family,” the kind of family you choose, not the one you’re born into. I made an announcement: “I’ve accepted that I’m human.” You’d think I had just won the Nobel Prize. They erupted in applause, genuinely thrilled for me. Probably because I had been so vocal about my hatred of being here, being human. And I won’t lie, at times, it was hatred.

Some will read this and think: major red flag, textbook dissociation. And they’re not entirely wrong. In spiritual circles, many identify as Indigos or Starseeds. They say they’re from far-off star systems, that they don’t belong here. Often, these beliefs are a coping mechanism, ways of numbing out or spiritually bypassing trauma. The fact that I am even saying this as a “spiritual person” is quite scarligious. The party line in many spiritual communities is the over-identification with a mystical archetype and non-traditional origin story. And I get it. I’ve done it, too.

But here’s where I differ: I’m grounded. I can talk about my experience clearly, without spiraling into abstraction. And this morning, in meditation, something clicked into place.

This Is Just a Job

I’m 100% human. But being human is a job, a role my spirit accepted.

We treat our human identity as fixed and absolute. But it’s not. Being human is not eternal. It’s a temporary job as all jobs are. We are not here forever. When the body dies, the personality dissolves. The character ends. You become nobody again, which is, ironically, your true nature. Spirit. Formless. Timeless. Never born. Never dies.

This landed like a deep exhale in my body. For the first time in my life, I felt the pressure lift.

Working for Humanity, Inc.

We’re all working for a company. I work for Humanity, Inc. And, I also work with other companies for example: the Plant Company, the Animal Company, the Mineral Company. Earth is full of corporations.

But like many of us, my role in the human company was obscured by trauma. That trauma was my on-the-job training.

Abusive father. Generational violence. Greek lineage. Born in Los Angeles. Every part of my story was preparing me for my role. The teachers were harsh, yes. But they were master instructors. Painful, but effective. Every lesson delivered by someone uniquely skilled to offer it. So many subject matter experts. I demonized them because it hurt, but now I see: if you refuse to learn from one teacher, a stronger one comes. And it will hurt more.

Roles and Responsibilities

Like any job, being human comes with duties. And many of us overstep our job descriptions.

If you were a parentified child, or raised to over-function, you were trained to think everything was your responsibility. But that’s not true. Part of the work is learning what isn’t your job.

We suffer unnecessarily when we don’t know our job scope. We burn out. We get tangled in other people’s karma. We violate natural laws and then wonder why life pushes back. Healing work is about discharging the trauma in your body so that you can clearly see what belongs to you and what doesn’t and then make decisions about how to be the best in your job role as a human being.

If you heal enough, you get to a place where you you get clarity about your goals as a human and what your kpis are. What are the key performance indicators of a successful human life?

Job Security

You don’t get laid off from being human. You’re in the role as long as you’re alive.

But the promotion? That comes at the end.

When you die, you’re promoted to no-body. Back to Source. Back to spirit. Back to truth.

Final Note (and an Invitation)

If being human feels confusing, overwhelming, or just too much you’re not alone. This role is hard, and most of us are undertrained and under-supported.

But you don’t have to do it alone.

Book a session with me here, and let’s get clear on your soul’s role, your job description, and the relief that comes from remembering who you really are.