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Topic: If You Don't Love What You Do, Do Nothing Instead?
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LuckyLeo
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posted May 02, 2019 04:40 PM
  
Hi everyone, I think this is my first time posting in this area. Linda wrote that you should only work at what you love and it's better to do nothing than to do something you don't love. Was wondering what you think of that. Do you all love what you do? Would you or do you follow her advice? If you didn't love what you do would you do nothing instead until you found something you loved?IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted May 03, 2019 05:58 PM
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mirage29
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posted May 03, 2019 09:41 PM
Hi LuckyLeo. What Randall says is true. Bills need to get paid. We have to start at 'something' to do, and FROM that point, work within yourself to find out what you think you would love.It's amazing how sometimes we might think we wouldn't want a certain job or line of work, and WHEN we start doing it, we find out that our intuition led us to the right thing. Choose a 'field' of work you'd think you'd love.
Get a job there... then you might spy a position you'd think is ideal for you. Start "somewhere".. 
Some general field.
Especially, if you're a younger person.
Prime the 'work' pump. Try things out.
Stick with it a while.
Get in a rhythm of life.  There is also something else that can come into play later-- determining whether you are "happy" with what you're doing-- in contrast with whether it feels "fulfilling" for you. For some people, there's a difference between being "happy" at their work-- versus, whether it was part of their vocation (soul calling).
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Randall
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posted May 04, 2019 09:04 PM
Well-said, mirage.IP: Logged |
LuckyLeo
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posted May 05, 2019 12:08 PM
Yes that's the problem! Bills those pesky things Thank you for the advise Mirage, I agree we have to start 'somewhere'... very true. It's hard for me to think of what I might like to do because I have conditioned myself to just keep going with what I NEED to do to support myself. So I haven't given myself the luxury of thinking that way. I am in a work situation that I'm unhappy in, but instead of being able to get myself out, I keep going on the merry-go-round. It feels like I will never be able to get off the merry-go-round because my current situation takes all my time and energy. I will come back to comment more, because I have more thoughts on this
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Randall
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posted May 05, 2019 12:20 PM
If you could be anything career wise, what would you be? Have you considered college?IP: Logged |
StubbornVirgo
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posted May 05, 2019 09:21 PM
Every job that I've ever had was a stepping stone to a better, higher-paying job that I really wanted. As long as I don't hate everything about my job and I can find something that I actually like about it, I can stay in that job for as long as I need to.IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted June 17, 2019 03:26 PM
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Originally posted by StubbornVirgo:
Every job that I've ever had was a stepping stone to a better, higher-paying job that I really wanted. As long as I don't hate everything about my job and I can find something that I actually like about it, I can stay in that job for as long as I need to.
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LuckyLeo
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posted June 19, 2019 05:49 PM
I think that's a great way of thinking, SV. I will try to think similarly. Randall, I actually did complete college. I know it's probably hard to believe I still feel trapped. It's hard to explain. IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted August 09, 2019 02:13 PM
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Randall
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posted September 23, 2019 06:47 PM
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Randall
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posted November 03, 2019 11:47 AM
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Randall
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posted November 26, 2019 07:48 AM
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Randall
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posted January 27, 2020 12:06 PM
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Randall
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posted February 24, 2020 05:35 PM
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Randall
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posted March 13, 2020 04:56 PM
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Randall
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posted April 02, 2020 04:35 PM
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Randall
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posted April 24, 2020 04:04 PM
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Randall
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posted May 28, 2020 06:55 PM
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Randall
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posted June 15, 2020 03:06 PM
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Randall
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posted July 01, 2020 02:50 PM
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Randall
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posted July 21, 2020 05:10 PM
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Randall
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posted August 12, 2020 01:43 PM
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Randall
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posted August 31, 2020 01:59 PM
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Randall
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posted September 15, 2020 01:59 PM
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