Art of Manliness: The Best Way to Find Your Vocation

A secular counterpart to Opus Dei spirituality? Not quite...

Skimming through the series published last year, I find that it doesn't grapple enough with the fact that a "vocation" as it is defined is a luxury for a relative few. It does hint that there are broader considerations that may infuse existential meaning to any work, but I don't think it goes far enough. There is little discussion of God (the blog isn't a religious one?) While the authors address psychological obstacles, there is little linking of vocation (which seems to be primarily defined in terms of work) with one's actions in the domestic and political spheres. The structure of the political economy is a greater impediment to the realization of a vocation; one can cope or work around it, but there will be compromises, especially with respect to work.