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This is a tale as old as time. You get into something because you're passionate about it, and lo and behold doing it for work saps all the fun out. Pick anythi
by AndrewKemendo 6y ago
This is a tale as old as time. You get into something because you're passionate about it, and lo and behold doing it for work saps all the fun out.
Pick anything creative at all and this will hold true - the more expressive the more challenging it is to find the work not be draining as it competes with business requirements.
There's no real suggestion here other than simply recognizing that only a lucky few in life get to actually just do the fun part while also making a living at it - in fact I can only count on one hand people who I know are doing that.
- nickthemagicman 6y agoHelps to have a ton of money already so you can just do the enjoyable.
- naringas 6y agoI have a suggestion, it involves realizing that any job involves a variety of diverse activities, naturally some will be more enjoyable than others, but all of them will have to be done. This realization allowed me to focus and enjoy the fun stuff while also being able to put up with the annoying bits. A simplistic example with cooking (a favorite hobby) involved realizing that the activity of cooking as a whole involves a whole lot of cleaning and doing dishes. Once I re-framed 'cleaning' as 'an indispensable part of cooking' then doing dishes (which is annoying) became less annoying somehow.
- hinkley 6y agoFind the thing you love, and do it for a living is horrible advice. Many of us have independently revised this to: Find the thing you love second-most, and do that for a living.