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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9612858" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>I think there's this myth that your vocation, what you do to make a living, should be this miraculously fulfilling and dream job where you follow your bliss. It can be a corrosive attitude when people wake up one day and realize that they're fine with their job, even enjoy it most of the time. I also think it's insulting to say that you have to be borderline obsessed with your job in order to be excellent at it.</p><p></p><p>I did a quick search and found an article (<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/robasghar/2013/09/18/why-following-your-bliss-wont-lead-to-bliss/" target="_blank">Why Following Your Bliss Won't Lead To Bliss</a>) that states it better than I can. The bolded is pretty much my attitude towards work.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Are you willing to suffer for your career? It’s more necessary than many people today will admit. “Do what you love” sounds easy… except for the fact that love is hard and sometimes is an illusion.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>I’ve argued that there are plenty of good reasons to resist those noble slogans about doing what you love or pursuing your passion or following your bliss.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>I’m not as anti-love as it may seem at first glance. <strong>If you’re doing work that you enjoy and you’re happy and the bills are being paid, </strong>then you are to be envied.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>I’m more concerned with speaking to that naïve and gullible side within each of us, which is tempted to fall for <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/confucius134717.html" target="_blank">the myth</a> that, once you find work that you think you love, you’ll never actually feel like you’re working.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>...</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>“Do what you love” wrongly implies that there is some job or task or cause that you will always love and will always want to report to duty for.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>“Follow your bliss” implies that bliss will be a magical amulet to protect you from hardship.</em></p><p></p><p>In any case this has little to do with D&D. I just reject this notion that the only good games are those that are passionate about making the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9612858, member: 6801845"] I think there's this myth that your vocation, what you do to make a living, should be this miraculously fulfilling and dream job where you follow your bliss. It can be a corrosive attitude when people wake up one day and realize that they're fine with their job, even enjoy it most of the time. I also think it's insulting to say that you have to be borderline obsessed with your job in order to be excellent at it. I did a quick search and found an article ([URL="https://www.forbes.com/sites/robasghar/2013/09/18/why-following-your-bliss-wont-lead-to-bliss/"]Why Following Your Bliss Won't Lead To Bliss[/URL]) that states it better than I can. The bolded is pretty much my attitude towards work. [INDENT][I]Are you willing to suffer for your career? It’s more necessary than many people today will admit. “Do what you love” sounds easy… except for the fact that love is hard and sometimes is an illusion.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]I’ve argued that there are plenty of good reasons to resist those noble slogans about doing what you love or pursuing your passion or following your bliss.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]I’m not as anti-love as it may seem at first glance. [B]If you’re doing work that you enjoy and you’re happy and the bills are being paid, [/B]then you are to be envied.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]I’m more concerned with speaking to that naïve and gullible side within each of us, which is tempted to fall for [URL='http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/confucius134717.html']the myth[/URL] that, once you find work that you think you love, you’ll never actually feel like you’re working.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]...[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]“Do what you love” wrongly implies that there is some job or task or cause that you will always love and will always want to report to duty for.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]“Follow your bliss” implies that bliss will be a magical amulet to protect you from hardship.[/I][/INDENT] In any case this has little to do with D&D. I just reject this notion that the only good games are those that are passionate about making the game. [/QUOTE]
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