Day of Reckoning

[catherine]

I do think too many people believe that "do what you love--money will follow." That's BS. It's great if you can do something you love and make money from it.. in my case, I wound up pretty fulfilled because I learned that it so happened that I was able to make money using a couple of specific skills that wound up being useful to people. That alone was the source of satisfaction for me. It wasn't because I loved interviewing and synthesizing information... it was because those things proved to be useful, and that made me feel good. (I actually do enjoy interviewing people--not so much writing reports).

I think that's the part that younger people don't get. Service to others can be its own reward, especially if you are using talents that come a little easier to you than to others, and people benefit from what you do for them.

But mostly, work is work.

[LDAHL]

I think that's the part that younger people don't get. Service to others can be its own reward, especially if you are using talents that come a little easier to you than to others, and people benefit from what you do for them.

But mostly, work is work.

I think there’s a lot of truth to that. In a sense that almost any job well done is a service to others and it’s own reward. Strip away the status anxiety and entitlement, and there are plenty of other reasons to take pride in your work.

I think there’s something to that theory of elite overproduction. Too many embittered baristas who will never be tenured professors.

[iris lilies]

My passion is “ fun with flowers” and it would decidedly become far less fun if I made it a business as many well meaning people suggested I should.

Just today I cranked out 7 simple floral designs, doing it to relax from the people-y challenges I will be facing later today and all day tomorrow. If I had to calculate billing, bill, deliver designs, and collect money for them…there goes all the fun.

[Rogar]

There may be more people looking for their dream job than there are job opportunities, but it will be a sad day when there are no dreamers.

The best most of us can hope for is work that matches our personality and natural talents or gifts.

[Tybee]

There may be more people looking for their dream job than there are job opportunities, but it will be a sad day when there are no dreamers.

The best most of us can hope for is work that matches our personality and natural talents or gifts.

I ended up teaching college English and Psychology, starting in 1981 and still at it. Most of those years adjuncting, so no decent money and no tenure. It has not been my dream job--well, maybe it was way back when I was in college, but the jobs changed completely as academia changed, and there was no money and no stability in it, but I've done a lot of good for a lot of students, and that makes me happy. My teaching has left my little corner of the world in better shape, so I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to do it.

[Tradd]

There may be more people looking for their dream job than there are job opportunities, but it will be a sad day when there are no dreamers.

The best most of us can hope for is work that matches our personality and natural talents or gifts.

I tell people to look for an intersting job you can tolerate. Have your passion for outside work.