One of life’s greatest lessons it to enjoy what you do. You only live once, and to ensure happiness, you need to get as much pleasure and satisfaction out of what you do every day. While this is true in all facets of your life, it is most prevalent in what you choose to do for your job or career.
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Doing what you enjoy
It would be fair to guess that a large majority of the population are in careers and jobs that they do not enjoy. They get up every morning and make the trip to a job which provides them with no satisfaction. For many, they are simply fulfilling a means to an end. While this type of thinking is understandable, those who are in a job which they do not like are wasting away one-third of their life.
Breaking it down
Life can be broken down roughly into thirds: Sleep, Work & Free Time. Below illustrates this example:
The thirds of our time
- Sleeping (8 Hours) – There is nothing that we can really do about this, it is required for us to function and live.
- Working (8 Hours) - We spend one-third of our life working in order to make the money so we can enjoy what we do with our free time.
- Free Time (8 Hours) – This third is the time in our life where we can do we like to do. Spend time with friends and family, going out to eat, watching movies. This is the part that we strive to make longer.
After looking at the above examples something becomes evident. If you do not enjoy what you do then you are wasting half of your time! If you are merely working so that you can pay for the things you do in your free time, then you are making a terrible mistake one that is costing you half of your time that you are awake. You are making a trade-off “I will get to do what I want 50% of the time in exchange for doing something I don’t like 50% of the time.”
On the other hand, if you enjoy what you do for you work/career/job, then you are fully occupying your time with things that you love to do! If you can be paid doing something that you love doing, then your life will be happier, more fulfilled and you will get greater satisfaction out of every day that goes by.
