Who here does what they love to do?

[TDuncan4]

So that thread I started about high pay/high stress vs. low pay/low stress had some people say the solution is to find what you're passionate about, what you love to do.

I googled that and found this helpful article
http://briankim.net/blog/2006/07/how...ou-love-to-do/ which has given me some ideas to pursue.

The whole starving artist fear comes into play though. If you do what you love, are you able to survive? How long did it take to make a livable income? Do you think it was worth it in the end?

I feel like I'm on a road with two paths in front of me. I need all the advice I can get.

[I masterbate]

I do.

[Shadowflames]

I like what I'm doing right now.

I'm into the insurance business.

Work with my sister and brother-in-law as an insurance agent.

Not the most exciting line of work but it does have its advantages.

Flexible hours, 2 days off and get pay even when not working.

[TDMVPDPOY]

sometimes even ur passionate shit like crafty shit u do with hobbies dont even earn well...

building computers operate on lowest margin that u barely see any profits unless you move volumes...

[DarkReign]

Love my job. Absolutely love it.

Very small auto parts supplier with large enough contracts to work crazy hours and everyone from the top down makes a damn good living with no prior skills required (besides counting to 100 and being able to read a scale (ruler for the kids)).

[Avante]

Who wouldn't love retirement? Especially when you make more $$$$$ than you did while working. How cool is that?

[silverblk mystix]

So that thread I started about high pay/high stress vs. low pay/low stress had some people say the solution is to find what you're passionate about, what you love to do.

I googled that and found this helpful article
http://briankim.net/blog/2006/07/how...ou-love-to-do/ which has given me some ideas to pursue.

The whole starving artist fear comes into play though. If you do what you love, are you able to survive? How long did it take to make a livable income? Do you think it was worth it in the end?

I feel like I'm on a road with two paths in front of me. I need all the advice I can get.

Are you under the impression that this will bring happiness?

What happens if you rearrange your whole world to do this and you find out that it didn't work?

These are questions that, IMO, should be pondered before trying to rearrange your world because somewhere you were told that it would make you happy.

What if you succeed in doing this and then at the end you discover that it wasn't really your real love? You chose to be an artist and succeeded and then find yourself hating your art?

You chose to sell widgets and then sold a million of them and then discovered that selling is not satisfying or fulfilling?

These are things to ponder on before going on a quest and wasting all your energy and half your life getting there.

[Slomo]

I do.

I've been credit free since the age of 32 (and even before that I owed very little to the banks) and it have given me the flexibility to make career choices based on my personal preferences - it has worked out very well for me. But I'll be the first to admit I got lucky quite a few times and didn't always know what I was doing.

That's the best advice i can give you.

[GoodOdor]

I chose my major in college based on how easily I'll be able to get a job when I graduate/how much I'll get paid - however, I lucked out and I really do like what I'm doing.

[SA210]

You must do what you love. No regrets in the future. Follow your dreams. Make em happen.

[cantthinkofanything]

and if you can't be with the one you love, Honey, love the one you're with

[Goran Dragic]

Are you under the impression that this will bring happiness?

What happens if you rearrange your whole world to do this and you find out that it didn't work?

These are questions that, IMO, should be pondered before trying to rearrange your world because somewhere you were told that it would make you happy.

What if you succeed in doing this and then at the end you discover that it wasn't really your real love? You chose to be an artist and succeeded and then find yourself hating your art?

You chose to sell widgets and then sold a million of them and then discovered that selling is not satisfying or fulfilling?

These are things to ponder on before going on a quest and wasting all your energy and half your life getting there.

Is checking large black men for drug paraphernalia something you love doing tbh

[silverblk mystix]

Is checking large black men for drug paraphernalia something you love doing tbh

Simple minds think in simplistic ways.

[tlongII]

I like what I do. I make good money at a large corporation. There's a fair amount of stress, but after 20 years I'm used to it.

[PakiDan]

I run a company that develops video games. I am the CSO and VP. I love my job.

[MavDynasty]

Is checking large black men for drug paraphernalia something you love doing tbh

[ashbeeigh]

I love my job. It's consistently rated as one of the most stressful love paying jobs (social work) but I think I'm pretty good at it and its fun. I may not be able to buy a brand new house or a BMW by the time I'm thirty, but I'll have a Masters and hopefully be able to find a job with the background anywhere in the United States.

[Xevious]

A job/career is means to an end. There are things I'd rather do, sure. But I have job security, a flexible schedule, and a nice salary. My family and I live very comfortably.

The nicest thing about my job is that it doesn't come home with me. When I'm at home, I'm with my family. And while my work is never boring, there are plenty of opportunities to change directions if I feel the need.

[koriwhat]

tattooing... it's the best and no doubt one of the least stressful and more enjoyable jobs out there.

where else can you sit around, draw, and shoot the shit until the flood of people come in to get your art on their bodies? plus, if we don't want to tattoo at the time, we don't have to. also, if someone is being a dick, we can tell them to get the fuck out of the shop and not get reprimanded for doing so.

where's all my haters at btw? man, it's been bliss not coming to this site much anymore and being more involved in something that not only pays well but brings me much joy.

[Goran Dragic]

Simple minds think in simplistic ways.

wrong. Simple minds become prison guards and think they're actually contributing to society.

[hemann82]

I'm a trust fund kid.

never found my true calling

I drown my misery in Cristal and cocaine

[Sportcamper]

I've been credit free since the age of 32 (and even before that I owed very little to the banks)

That's admirable but in Cali (and in this economy) there really is no benefit to being credit free…Car loans can be had @ 0% to 0.9%...Home loans under 4%...Emergency loans @ 3% to 7%...

[ashbeeigh]

That's admirable but in Cali (and in this economy) there really is no benefit to being credit free…Car loans can be had @ 0% to 0.9%...Home loans under 4%...Emergency loans @ 3% to 7%...

He's in Europe.

[rascal]

So that thread I started about high pay/high stress vs. low pay/low stress had some people say the solution is to find what you're passionate about, what you love to do.

I googled that and found this helpful article
http://briankim.net/blog/2006/07/how...ou-love-to-do/ which has given me some ideas to pursue.

The whole starving artist fear comes into play though. If you do what you love, are you able to survive? How long did it take to make a livable income? Do you think it was worth it in the end?

I feel like I'm on a road with two paths in front of me. I need all the advice I can get.

How about doing something you don't like to do with barely a livable income like I do.

A loser will have a job he hates going to, that also pays bad.

[The Reckoning]

How about doing something you don't like to do with barely a livable income like I do.

A loser will have a job he hates going to, that also pays bad.

[The Reckoning]

hands down rascal is the eeyore of the forum now.

[rascal]

hands down rascal is the eeyore of the forum now.

What is eeyore?

[Sportcamper]

He's in Europe.

I know that…I also know that you are very cute….

[The Reckoning]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eeyore

[rascal]

Never had any interest in Winnie The Pooh. I didn't realize it was as old as it was.
Thought it was more modern, 1970s as the earliest.