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Neither. Choose a career (healthcare, engineering, etc.) that actually pays for the lifestyle your want and has good opportunities for employment. When you get settled, you can mess around with film, dietetics, or whatever else you're interested in.
The "do what you love" nonsense that has been popular as of late is pretty much the absolute worse advice, ever.
The "do what you love" nonsense that has been popular as of late is pretty much the absolute worse advice, ever.
Funny. It's worked pretty well for me for over 40 years. My occasional forrays into other areas simply for money have been very short lived. The same holds true for my husband.
Funny. It's worked pretty well for me for over 40 years. My occasional forrays into other areas simply for money have been very short lived. The same holds true for my husband.
Consider yourself to be fortunate. You are the exception, not the rule. The problem is this: most people who choose what they love, say underwater basket weaving, wake up one day and realize that they're 40 years old and make $30K per year and live in a trailer park. Why not pursue a lucrative career, live in a nice house, and pursue underwater basket weaving as a leisure time activity?
Or maybe, they're just happy with a very low standard of living. More power to them. Just don't start whining about people who make a lot more money than you and insist that they pay more taxes and support you and/or subsidize your retirement via raising the SS wage cap, etc.
Consider yourself to be fortunate. You are the exception, not the rule. The problem is this: people choose what the love, say underwater basket weaving, and wake up one day and realize that they're 40 years old and make $30K per year and live in a trailer park. Why not pursue a lucrative career, live in a nice house, and pursue underwater basket weaving as a leisure time activity?
Mike Rowe talks a lot about this. That the "job you love" mantra is nonsense. All the people he has met over the years had a similar career trajectory:
Filled a "dirty job" no one else wanted, worked HARD and learned. IN a year, started out on their own. In three years, had a handful of employees. In five years had a business that was very successful, and they LOVED it. Why? Because they learned to love it. They built it, it was theirs. It was their hard work personified and they were very proud of it. He also talks about how hard work is very rewarding to the psyche. Interesting stuff.
google him for interviews, his take is very interesting.
Consider yourself to be fortunate. You are the exception, not the rule. The problem is this: most people who choose what they love, say underwater basket weaving, wake up one day and realize that they're 40 years old and make $30K per year and live in a trailer park. Why not pursue a lucrative career, live in a nice house, and pursue underwater basket weaving as a leisure time activity?
Or maybe, they're just happy with a very low standard of living. More power to them. Just don't start whining about people who make a lot more money than you and insist that they pay more taxes and support you and/or subsidize your retirement via raising the SS wage cap, etc.
Actually I do consider myself very fortunate. I found that I have a skill that I'm good at and businesses need. To top it off, I really enjoy it. Thru the years I've adapted the way I work to enable a decent income and fund my own retirement.
I do have other outside leisure activities that aren't a source of income.
When I see people that are at the top of their industries, they're generally enjoy what they're doing. I know quite a few people well past retirement age that continue to work in their industry because they truly like it.
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