doing what you love

[prgrmr]

There is something of a debate going on recently about "following your passion", "doing what you love", "chasing your dreams", and the like.   While this debate is nothing new, it has been recently energized by the on-going problem of onerous student loan debt, by graduates not being able to find employment (gainful, or otherwise) in the field for

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[aploplexy]

I think we tell ourselves we are unhappy because we are in the wrong job. And somehow it helps us hold onto the job we have because we hope the next one will be better. Dream jobs are fairy tales. The best you can hope for is a job you don't loathe or maybe one that lets you use your ipod. Of course I am the kind of person who thinks optimism and positive thinking actually result in making a person miserable. :-)