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The sad, sad truth of it is that there is no money at the end of it, and I ended up very much in debt and almost bankrupt. There's a bunch of Joseph Campbell crap floating around that goes, "Follow your bliss." So many people have followed it blindly to their doom. But you know what? "Follow your bliss," sells books because it makes people feel better.
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“I hate to break it to you, but there is no big lie, there is no system, the universe is indifferent.”
I would submit that what the writer actually loves is money and what it buys-- not philosophy-- by the import he places on it in his article. Perhaps if he had been clearer about his true passion, and found a way to bring it about, he wouldn't have been "nearly ruined".
"Do what you love" doesn't always mean "make what you love your job". Sometimes it means "find a job that provides enough money and free time to do what you love after work". Ironically, IT jobs may have done that for him despite not directly being his first best thing themselves.
I totally agree with this line.It really takes guts for a person to stop himself from doing something that he really wants to do.Its not easy for everyone! Those who master in this can really handle any situation.
I totally agree with this line.It really takes guts for a person to stop himself from doing something that he really wants to do.Its not easy for everyone! Those who master in this can really handle any situation.
Just for clarification...with which line are you agreeing? Sometimes it helps to quote.
I would submit that what the writer actually loves is money and what it buys-- not philosophy-- by the import he places on it in his article. Perhaps if he had been clearer about his true passion, and found a way to bring it about, he wouldn't have been "nearly ruined".
"Do what you love" doesn't always mean "make what you love your job". Sometimes it means "find a job that provides enough money and free time to do what you love after work". Ironically, IT jobs may have done that for him despite not directly being his first best thing themselves.
I agree.
Loving something does not have to mean doing it as a job. It means making time for it in your life. If you love philosophy then make time for it in your life. It doesn't have to mean that you can't have a more practical job like being a computer programmer. Your job is not you.
It's really going to come down to the individual to determine whether it's better for him or her to pursue something he/she loves as a vocation, or to choose work that isn't necessarily something he or she is all that interested in, but that allows for time and funds to pursue the things he or she does love during free time. If your job that you don't really like doesn't afford you the time or the money to pursue the things you do like, then you chose poorly. If you haven't found a way to make ends meet doing what you enjoy, you chose poorly.
Either way, you need to know yourself and make smart choices for yourself. Whining and crying in hindsight never did much for anybody.
It's really going to come down to the individual to determine whether it's better for him or her to pursue something he/she loves as a vocation, or to choose work that isn't necessarily something he or she is all that interested in, but that allows for time and funds to pursue the things he or she does love during free time. If your job that you don't really like doesn't afford you the time or the money to pursue the things you do like, then you chose poorly. If you haven't found a way to make ends meet doing what you enjoy, you chose poorly.
Either way, you need to know yourself and make smart choices for yourself. Whining and crying in hindsight never did much for anybody.
I suck it up because it was my choice, but DAMN, I wish I could make enough to live comfortably as a teacher. Not extravagantly, but just enough to be able to go on a vacation during some of that time off that we get. I resent that I have to trade decent compensation for being able to do a job that I love. I could have taken the same money that I spent for my degree and gotten a job that would have me making six figures by now. Instead, after 25 years I still make less than half that, and we've lost ground the last two years due to cuts in the contract period.
At least I don't mind too much doing without. The ends barely meet, but we're not destitute. It's been harder on our kids who have always had less than their friends because their parents don't make a ton of money.
I'm of two minds on the issue of doing what you love. I'm relatively happy. But for a lot of people, it would transform their passion into something they hated due to the obligation. For them, it makes more sense to get a high-paying job that would allow them to exercise their passion.
Come to think of it, that's what I should have done.
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