You are supposed to say that you loved whatever job you were doing, but I suspect that I was not the only person who didn't. It was mostly tolerable, but I would always want to be doing something else. I think in that way I wasted many years of my life. But simply telling someone that life is too short to spend it doing something unfulfilling is pointless. Most jobs aren't anyone's passion, and many people find it hard to make a living doing what they really are passionate about.
Now I sit and watch the world striving to get back to work. I wonder how many people are going to have the reset they need to understand what they are passionate about and how they can make a living at it. If I was an optimist, I would hope that it was most. But I really think that for almost everyone, they will find a job that provides a paycheck.
That is so very true. Most jobs I'd had over my lifetime where not ones I was passionate about.
ReplyDeleteI really liked my last job; was there 17 years. then I got laid off on 6/30. now I collect social security and do whatever I damn well please.
ReplyDeleteIn this world, alas, you do what you have to do to put food on the table and keep a roof over your head. That's why retirement is so great, LOL!
ReplyDeleteTrue. Most people are working only because they have to, and they hate what they're doing. It's very sad. I'm incredibly lucky. I like (and sometimes) love my work.
ReplyDeleteDo you know, I am quite happy sometimes that I am old and that my working life is in the past. Some jobs I disliked, some I loved, but doing nothing and still getting a pension feels good too.
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