It must have been my third job after college. I was earning a good amount of money. With my responsibilities, I expected to be promoted within a year after starting.

There was a catch, though. I had to resign.

The alternative was to keep working until late at night every weekday. Then on the weekends, I would attend meetings, do the work in my other pursuit–being the national president of a church youth organization in the Philippines.

I lost a lot ofsleep–not because I engaged i...