Life isn't fair.
Doesn't mean you have to be completely miserable either.
Life isn't fair.
Not many people enjoy working for a living. It is just something that has to be done to survive. Can't raise a family on a low paying job. I seriously doubt being poor and working at a job you like will bring long term satisfaction.
Life isn't fair.
so many people get wrapped up in work. I'll admit I was too for a while there. What happened at work seeped into every aspect of my life. Rather than 8 hours of work a day you end up feeling like its 24 hours.
If you are the provider for your family, work hard and pursue the means to support them. But do it for that 8 hours a day only (if you have a half hour or hour lunch take a lunch, ie get out of the office away from your work. That's you time not company time) use the commute home to get all the crap out of your system. Cuss at that driver, play loud music, scream your head off if you have to. But the instant you pull into the driveway and open that car door leave all the rest behind.
The rest of the time is yours and your families. Absolutely DO NOT bring that work home. We live in a modern age I can do all kinds of crap in the mornings on the fly with the help of modern technology. I can also be honest with my bosses and tell them the reality of the situation. If they demand I bring the work home I demand they find a replacement. Believe it or not there are far more companies that understand the work day is an 8 hour work day than there are that don't.
Leave all that at the office and head up and do what you want. The sad reality of the world is that we are rarely the most capable in the things we love. Fighting against your own natural talents will get you nowhere. So don't pursue what you love, pursue what you're talented at. If they happen to coincide, congrats you're one of the lucky ones. For the rest of us it is far better to pursue what comes naturally than it is what we love. Instead of constantly trying only to fail we end up grin and bearing it through what can seem like menial task, but coming out successful. While those small praises for a job well done won't always make up for the "I wish I was doing..." it will lead to a happy life.
Give the 8 hours to the work you're talented at, take the other 12-16 for yourself (which I'll tell you right now, if you have a huge commute, find a job closer or move closer to work, your life will get better almost instantly) Do your best to keep it as close to 16 as possible and do what you love at home. Obviously we wouldn't be here if fish keeping wasn't one of those things. Life doesn't have to be a closed loop of the same tasks day in day out. It can be great, you just have to remember to clock out from work.
It's true it isn't fair but life is what you want it to be. When I lost my job I didn't think this is unfair , I thought things happen for a reason. One door shuts so another could open. You never know what that next door holds behind it weather it's good or bad.
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