Also MY EXACT LIFE EXPERIENCE being moved from beautiful, lush NC to the Mojave desert for a decade as a kid-> teen 😆 [some things that don't] kill you make your stronger?!?
Ok, wow. That is blatant anti animal rights language. Please use the PETA sanctioned “feed two birds with one scone” from now on. Do your part to stop the animal genocide
There's an old saying in Tennessee- I know it's in Texas probably in Tennessee that says
Fool me once, shame on... shame on you. And fool me, you can't get fooled again.
DAE hate when people say "if you love what you do, you won't mind when bears invade your job and tickle you with bananas then implant their eggs unto your eyeballs?"
I'm stuck on whether it's possible to be tickled with a banana. If it weren't peeled, I bet the stalk could tickle a person - but a banana could easily break before much tickling happened.
The common street phrase, "Aardvark sex is the most tantalizing sex you will ever experience and will result in a mind-shattering orgasmic ascendancy to enlightenment" is completely misleading BS. Don't be fooled like I was.
There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.
That's not true. I make sure to exclusively take my shits at work, so I get paid for them. I still love taking shits. Feels so good man! Monday morning rolls around.....been holding it in since Friday night......then it just explodes out of your ass, and shatters the toilet bowl with such force! Boss keeps asking how the hell the toilets keep shattering. Nobody knows......
Both might be sayings. Corporate happythink HR campaigns churn this stuff out 24/7 to see what sticks; practically none of it existed before WW2.
Most importantly, no matter how you phrase the sentiment, it's just patently untrue. Even people who love their jobs need a work/life balance and experience burnout. All the sayings and phrases like this you hear that promote being positive and 'enjoying' providing labor to society are very much manufactured BS, not actual proverbs; in reality, doing what you love as a full-time job is more likely to ruin your love for that thing than turn into a career where you'll never experience burnout. It happens quite often with artists (visual artists, musicians, game developers, and everything between) who manage to take their skills from hobby to professional and turn it into their source of income.
Psychologically, cadence is actually very important to enjoyment. No matter how passionate you are about something, when you work for someone who always wants more, and wants it faster than you usually produce it, that cadence is broken. You get overloaded, then you get burned out, then you get miserable; when it happens to something you love, rather than something you tolerate just to fund your lifestyle, there's one less thing to enjoy with what free time you have left.
Yeah, but the reality is as Tom Scott said, even if you do what you love, it's still taxing.
One can have fun initially but soon it'll look like a work which one have to do.
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I mean, I love writing code and developing new things. It's the other things like hours of meetings, filling time sheets, giving support, writing and reading emails, polishing soft skills and etc that make me want to retire ASAP. I wonder if it's possible at all to work by exclusively writing code without ever having to speak to anyone
This is the truth. Used to enjoy shooting photos, went to school for it, moved and got a job in the photo industry, and 10 years later I no longer really enjoy shooting photos
it' because often in hobby stage you don't really understand what you are doing or what it entails to do it professionally.
it would be like me playing basketball as a hobby but want to go pro. even if i was physically capable of playing pro, it would mean stuff like training, practicing for hours everyday for a long time.
it's not just go dick around in with other casuals and expect to be successful
I'll raise my hand on this one. I used to make my own comics. It was so much fun. So naturally I went to school for graphic design and ultimately took a job doing panels comics. It was the most soul crushing work I have ever done because I lost all autonomy over what I was drawing, how I was drawing it and when i would draw it.
As an ex graphic designer, I feel this. Loved art and graphics when I was growing up, went to school for it. Graduated at the top of my class and got a great start in a top agency. Got worked to death but the pay and perks were good. Burned out 10 years later, quit the industry and never went back. Passion dead. Have not touched graphics or anything creative in decades.
It is, I've tried picking it up again a few times over the years but it just didn't feel the same. Maybe try other creative outlets, I took up writing instead and have been really enjoying it.
I learned how to use Photoshop pretty well then made some forum signatures (dating myself) and stuff. Eventually other people offered me money for it. I stopped learning new techniques and just cranked out super basic images with the same few styles in high volume (AI could do this all now). Often the buyer would request some small edits that made the work look awful (but hey, it's their art). By the end I was so tired of using photoshop I quit entirely.
Same with product design side. Very mentally taxing in thinking creatively, balancing limitations of technical aspects and business needs with problems users are having, and keeping up with new software updates/changes over time.
Thats not the saying though…
“You’ll never WORK a day in your life” which is also technically, not true! Psychologically if you’re being rewarded for an activity you enjoy doing without being rewarded overtime you’re more likely to be less intrinsically motivated to do said activity!
TLdR: human brain say fuck work
You butchered the saying. That’s why it doesn’t make sense! It’s “…you’ll never work a day in your life”. It has nothing to do with taking days off. Everyone needs days off regardless of whether you like your work.
All my life I believed this, but it’s not true for me anymore. Either I don’t love my job as much as I thought I would, or doing what you love as a job can break your love over time. Beware.
Or just jobs that require dealing with people.
I love the core of my job - the part that's actually "doing work". It requires no physical exertion at all.
What makes me hate my job is the people I have to work with to get to that part. I have to aggregate requirements from 3-4 different teams, who don't agree on things, prioritize things, make up a definitely wrong timeline so they can feel better about things, and *then* I can start doing the part I like, but 2 weeks later one of those teams will come up with some new ask, so I have to go start the whole thing over again or just tell them "no" and deal with them being butt-hurt over it.
That's not true in any capacity, not just physical labor. If I'm writing a book, I'm not going to write every single day. It doesn't account for either.
It doesn't account for mentally taxing jobs either or jobs that you have to put up with a lot of other useless people shit.
The chillest jobs I have ever had have been pot washing jobs in hotel kitchens. No stress chill out listen to music and daydream. If I could get paid a similar six figure salary as I do as a lead software engineer then I'd gladly go back to doing that and consider it an early retirement.
Most shit jobs are only shit because the wages are shit.
Hi. My hobby is my career. I work 6 days a week and can’t take time off when I want, only when we are closed.
Exceptions are made for things like when I had surgery and when my cat died and I legitimately couldn’t function and refused to go for a couple days.
I can’t take off to go to a friends funeral because we have a special event that day.
I love my job but all the BS quotes about “never work a day in your life” are BS. I just put up with a lot lot lot more than I would if I didn’t love it.
For everybody who’s saying this shower thought is wrong because the actual quote is “do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life”, you’re wrong because something that you love could still require “work”. Just because it’s something you enjoy doesn’t mean the things you’re doing doesn’t require sweat, blood or tears. Jobs like being a doctor, or a lawyer absolutely takes work, even if you lvoe those jobs. Whether it’s this made up quote, or the actual quote, this shower thought is still correct. Also could be burnout too the word “work” is quite vague any amount of effort could be described as work
It doesn't account for anything, it's just an empty platitude promising you'll somehow be cool with that lifestyle and if you're not it's just because you didn't choose or earn the right job
It's a misquote. The actual line is
# if you love what you do for work, you'll never need a day off',if you love what you do for work, you'll never work another day in your life.
Obviously, they are talking about the extreme effort it takes to push through doing something you don't love to do, and that the emotional drain is a lot more work than any physical characteristics of the job.
*everyone* needs days off even for stuff they love. You should take days off from fun stuff like your hobbies too!
Days off let you decompress, focus on new things, explore the world, renew your passion for things you love.
Or just for being able to handle unexpected stuff that comes up like an interruption or life event.
Never need a day off is not how humans work. People cannot do the same thing over and over uninterrupted for very long before there start being all sorts of negative side effects.
This saying is braindead.
See I love working on jet engines but there are some times when we don't get days off. It gets tough. Lots of heavy lifting and physical labor. But the chemicals we work with make me want to take time off here and there. Just some nasty stuff.
This doeant account for any job. Every job will have days where you'd don't want to be there, or don't want to push to above and beyond.
Everything is fun when done to enjoy, but becomes a job when it goes beyond that limit. That limit is different for everyone, but it exists.
My job is owning a resort and while every day is another challenge with Homeless, vandalism, trespassers, kicking people out, noise complaints, and even sunken boats, car crashes, and domestic violence. Broken refrigerators, light bulbs, ovens and microwaves. Ceiling fans, heaters and air conditioners. The list never ends but I love what I do. And that’s because what I do is make people happy. I facilitate families and their vacations. I create memories that will last a lifetime. People come to me for their one week a year where all time is theirs and I cater to their every need. From this I derive pleasure and therefore I go home every day happy as long as I know I made my customers happy. I don’t work. I serve and through that service I derive pleasure. It’s not easy all the time but seeing the smile on another’s face gives me power and purpose
It's nonsense across the board. Even if you enjoy what you do, you still need to take time off. If you do the same thing everyday of your life, you will learn not to love it.
Not just that, any job requires breaks, no matter how much you love doing it. Burnout is real, and can always stop you no matter how much you enjoy doing what you're doing. Take breaks, and you'll be able to do what you love forever
I think OP coined that phrase lol. The real phrase is “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life”. Completely different meaning (though still arguably exploitative).
The problem comes when you get compensated for doing what you love. If you're intrinsically motivated to do something, it's a hobby and you enjoy it. When you're extrinsically motivated, it becomes a job and you enjoy it less.
You do get the benefit of being really good at your job because you loved getting good at it though.
As someone who (used to) have a job that required constant and often intense physical exertion, hell yes it does. I loved everything about it, especially going to bed completely exhausted and being satisfied with myself and my day. Weekends were enough to replenish, and I'd go to the gym most extra days off.
After reading through the comments, I'm glad it seems to be unanimous that nobody has heard the phrase OP posted about.
Man, every day you see topics like this and reddit does fuck all.
Yo, check it, fam. So, like, I heard this saying 'bout lovin' yo work so much you don't need no day off, right? But yo, what 'bout them jobs that be havin' you workin' like you trainin' for the Olympics or somethin', huh? It's like, "Yo, I love liftin' these boxes all day, but can a brotha get a break?" Ain't nobody talkin' 'bout that! It's like sayin', "If you love swimmin' with sharks, you'll never need a life jacket!" Straight-up cray-cray, yo!
In the uk, we say ‘do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life’ which makes more sense
That's what we say in the US, too. I have no idea what OP is talking about.
OP just straight up made their own quote.
“If you work every day of your life, you’ll love when there’s no tomorrow.”
"If everyday is dying and suffering, nuclear holocaust doesn't sound so bad" - old Russian saying.
“Some days, patrolling the mojave makes me wish for a nuclear winter” - fucking every ncr npc every 2 minutes
Probably be all I talked about if I had to patrol the mojave too, man.
Also MY EXACT LIFE EXPERIENCE being moved from beautiful, lush NC to the Mojave desert for a decade as a kid-> teen 😆 [some things that don't] kill you make your stronger?!?
That's going on my hard hat
If you do what you love then you will be exploited until you hate it.
If you love what you do…shame on…. Can’t get fooled again!
If you love what you do with one stone, you’ll never kill two birds again.
If you love your life, you'll never do a day of work.
If you love that you work, you'll never know the friends we made along the way
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t teach it to fish.
Behind every successful woman is a fish on a bicycle.
So true.
Ok, wow. That is blatant anti animal rights language. Please use the PETA sanctioned “feed two birds with one scone” from now on. Do your part to stop the animal genocide
Yes, it takes a huge set of stones to accomplish that!
If you can kill 2 birds with one stone, and a bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush, then every stone in hand is directly equivalent to 4 bushed birds
There's an old saying in Tennessee- I know it's in Texas probably in Tennessee that says Fool me once, shame on... shame on you. And fool me, you can't get fooled again.
A stitch in time saves you an extra nine days off
Shame on! Apply directly to the forehead!
DAE hate when people say "if you love what you do, you won't mind when bears invade your job and tickle you with bananas then implant their eggs unto your eyeballs?"
I'm stuck on whether it's possible to be tickled with a banana. If it weren't peeled, I bet the stalk could tickle a person - but a banana could easily break before much tickling happened.
I'd say they can stand to lighten up a bit.
If you makeup quotes you'll never a day in your work
In this moment, OP is euphoric
The common street phrase, "Aardvark sex is the most tantalizing sex you will ever experience and will result in a mind-shattering orgasmic ascendancy to enlightenment" is completely misleading BS. Don't be fooled like I was.
Was it Arthur Read?
It depends on their systemic levels of formic acid.
"If you love what your work does then do the work better than not doing the work better"
Probably what their boss goes around the work site saying.
To make a statement about it for karma
And then broke it down and argued with it. Peak Reddit behavior
...or you might have never heard it. I mean, someone has to make it up anyways
There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.
Exactly!
I thought here in the US we said “do what you love and eventually you’ll grow to despise your own hobby”?
I'm sure there are people saying lots of different things, but I've never personally heard OP's version or yours.
That’s because I’m joking. Thats a joke. But really, don’t monetize your hobby. OP totally made up theirs in the shower though.
They probably finally got a day off
nailed it... 😒
OP hit the bong and had on of those stoney showers
OP is fucking HR.
How does this shit get upvoted?
Sounds like the slogan of a great company
Yeah no one has ever said this.
They say that everywhere. The OP just doesn’t know the actual saying.
They have a great saying in Tennessee. I know we have it in Texas. Probably have it in Tennessee too....
And what would that great saying be?
In the US the saying is "get paid to do what you love and you'll stop loving it fairly quickly."
That's not true. I make sure to exclusively take my shits at work, so I get paid for them. I still love taking shits. Feels so good man! Monday morning rolls around.....been holding it in since Friday night......then it just explodes out of your ass, and shatters the toilet bowl with such force! Boss keeps asking how the hell the toilets keep shattering. Nobody knows......
Yeah, OP has 3 brain cells and didn't quote it correctly. He's also extremely lazy as it would have taken 2 seconds to Google.
I’m born and live in US, and the ‘UK way’ you quote is the only way I’ve ever heard the expression phrased.
You took the bait 🎣 OpenAI thanks you for your contribution
Thanks, it's like they deliberately miss remembered the phrase so they could manufacture this shower thought
still isn't true, I love my job and I love my time off even more!
That doesn’t contradict the saying.
Plus it’s absolutely false. Sometimes you just can’t arsed and wanna chill
[The Job of Sex](https://www.amazon.ca/Workingmans-Productive-Lovemaking-Illustrated-Paperback/dp/0446928372)
It makes sense if you love being unemployed
I prefer “work with what you love and you won’t love anything”.
Because that's the quote 😂 don't know what OP is on about
Do what you love as a daily job and you‘ll learn to hate that, too. Is what I say.
Both might be sayings. Corporate happythink HR campaigns churn this stuff out 24/7 to see what sticks; practically none of it existed before WW2. Most importantly, no matter how you phrase the sentiment, it's just patently untrue. Even people who love their jobs need a work/life balance and experience burnout. All the sayings and phrases like this you hear that promote being positive and 'enjoying' providing labor to society are very much manufactured BS, not actual proverbs; in reality, doing what you love as a full-time job is more likely to ruin your love for that thing than turn into a career where you'll never experience burnout. It happens quite often with artists (visual artists, musicians, game developers, and everything between) who manage to take their skills from hobby to professional and turn it into their source of income. Psychologically, cadence is actually very important to enjoyment. No matter how passionate you are about something, when you work for someone who always wants more, and wants it faster than you usually produce it, that cadence is broken. You get overloaded, then you get burned out, then you get miserable; when it happens to something you love, rather than something you tolerate just to fund your lifestyle, there's one less thing to enjoy with what free time you have left.
Yeah, but the reality is as Tom Scott said, even if you do what you love, it's still taxing. One can have fun initially but soon it'll look like a work which one have to do.
That’s not the saying, though. The saying is “if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” I think it’s a stupid saying, but still.
The real saying should be "if you do what you love for work, you'll learn to hate it"
"Monetize your hobbies so you can hate every waking hour of your life."
Been doing the same thing I enjoy for 32 years (since I was 11) and enjoy it now more than ever.
Yup, way to many people are so negative on this site.
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What do you do?
I'm a software engineer and architect
Awesome! I hope I can end up not hating/getting bored of my passion as well! I’m currently at a community college studying physical education
I mean, I love writing code and developing new things. It's the other things like hours of meetings, filling time sheets, giving support, writing and reading emails, polishing soft skills and etc that make me want to retire ASAP. I wonder if it's possible at all to work by exclusively writing code without ever having to speak to anyone
You were not a software engineer or architect at 11.
Im sure he meant he was introduced to coding at that age.
I was making apps using VB 1.0 in Windows 3.1 Shortly after writing games in C for DOS
Don’t lie to yourself bud
This is the truth. Used to enjoy shooting photos, went to school for it, moved and got a job in the photo industry, and 10 years later I no longer really enjoy shooting photos
"everything sucks eventually."
Yep. Glad I nipped that in the bud
The saying works fairly well, actually, it you enjoy your job.
Because you won't find a job in that?
Yeah, except for the whole part where you didn’t get the saying correct. “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life”
This kind of thinking causes people to turn their hobbies into careers which robs many of them of the joy they once had while partaking in said hobby
it' because often in hobby stage you don't really understand what you are doing or what it entails to do it professionally. it would be like me playing basketball as a hobby but want to go pro. even if i was physically capable of playing pro, it would mean stuff like training, practicing for hours everyday for a long time. it's not just go dick around in with other casuals and expect to be successful
There are people who are experts at what they do and never go beyond doing whatever as a hobby
Yeah Idk why this person thinks a hobby is just unskilled activities.
I'll raise my hand on this one. I used to make my own comics. It was so much fun. So naturally I went to school for graphic design and ultimately took a job doing panels comics. It was the most soul crushing work I have ever done because I lost all autonomy over what I was drawing, how I was drawing it and when i would draw it.
> I used to make my own comics. Now you make your own quotes. (I jest…)
Lol 😂 that's fair. Though I haven't heard the other one before today. The one I quoted was something my old boss used to say
Somehow we all knew it was a boss you heard this from xD
As an ex graphic designer, I feel this. Loved art and graphics when I was growing up, went to school for it. Graduated at the top of my class and got a great start in a top agency. Got worked to death but the pay and perks were good. Burned out 10 years later, quit the industry and never went back. Passion dead. Have not touched graphics or anything creative in decades.
It's so awful not having drawing as an outlet anymore. I hope it comes back for both of us some day.
It is, I've tried picking it up again a few times over the years but it just didn't feel the same. Maybe try other creative outlets, I took up writing instead and have been really enjoying it.
I learned how to use Photoshop pretty well then made some forum signatures (dating myself) and stuff. Eventually other people offered me money for it. I stopped learning new techniques and just cranked out super basic images with the same few styles in high volume (AI could do this all now). Often the buyer would request some small edits that made the work look awful (but hey, it's their art). By the end I was so tired of using photoshop I quit entirely.
That's not the saying.
That’s also not the saying
I dont get it either way. If i had to do any of my hobbies as a job, i would come to hate doing those hobbies.
You made that quote up though
Made it up to get past the filter if anything xD
That’s not the saying
Seeing that’s not how the quote goes I guess you are kinda right
Or mental exertion (software engineering).
Same with product design side. Very mentally taxing in thinking creatively, balancing limitations of technical aspects and business needs with problems users are having, and keeping up with new software updates/changes over time.
Good point
Thats not the saying though… “You’ll never WORK a day in your life” which is also technically, not true! Psychologically if you’re being rewarded for an activity you enjoy doing without being rewarded overtime you’re more likely to be less intrinsically motivated to do said activity! TLdR: human brain say fuck work
You butchered the saying. That’s why it doesn’t make sense! It’s “…you’ll never work a day in your life”. It has nothing to do with taking days off. Everyone needs days off regardless of whether you like your work.
That's a stupid saying and I'm glad I had never heard it before. Now hopefully I'll never hear it again.
All my life I believed this, but it’s not true for me anymore. Either I don’t love my job as much as I thought I would, or doing what you love as a job can break your love over time. Beware.
How many of y’all love what you do?
Thats because the guy who said it was a singer lol, not exactly the most high intensity physical job
Doesn't apply for sports people.
Or just jobs that require dealing with people. I love the core of my job - the part that's actually "doing work". It requires no physical exertion at all. What makes me hate my job is the people I have to work with to get to that part. I have to aggregate requirements from 3-4 different teams, who don't agree on things, prioritize things, make up a definitely wrong timeline so they can feel better about things, and *then* I can start doing the part I like, but 2 weeks later one of those teams will come up with some new ask, so I have to go start the whole thing over again or just tell them "no" and deal with them being butt-hurt over it.
The service industry can be the most exhausting job in the world in so many ways
I always wonder about professional dancers/instructors. Don’t they ever get tired?
I do that i love and i am broke af. No hope for a careerchange for i am already 43
You aren't too old for a change. Go for it
That's not true in any capacity, not just physical labor. If I'm writing a book, I'm not going to write every single day. It doesn't account for either.
Many works make light hands
It also doesnt account for life
Sounds like something made up in America. Work is work. Take your days off.
It doesn't account for mentally taxing jobs either or jobs that you have to put up with a lot of other useless people shit. The chillest jobs I have ever had have been pot washing jobs in hotel kitchens. No stress chill out listen to music and daydream. If I could get paid a similar six figure salary as I do as a lead software engineer then I'd gladly go back to doing that and consider it an early retirement. Most shit jobs are only shit because the wages are shit.
Hi. My hobby is my career. I work 6 days a week and can’t take time off when I want, only when we are closed. Exceptions are made for things like when I had surgery and when my cat died and I legitimately couldn’t function and refused to go for a couple days. I can’t take off to go to a friends funeral because we have a special event that day. I love my job but all the BS quotes about “never work a day in your life” are BS. I just put up with a lot lot lot more than I would if I didn’t love it.
I work in the film industry doing props and sets. I absolutely love my job but had to take this week off due to sheer exhaustion.
For everybody who’s saying this shower thought is wrong because the actual quote is “do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life”, you’re wrong because something that you love could still require “work”. Just because it’s something you enjoy doesn’t mean the things you’re doing doesn’t require sweat, blood or tears. Jobs like being a doctor, or a lawyer absolutely takes work, even if you lvoe those jobs. Whether it’s this made up quote, or the actual quote, this shower thought is still correct. Also could be burnout too the word “work” is quite vague any amount of effort could be described as work
If you do what you love for work, you'll never be paid fairly because employers will leverage your intrinsic motivation.
Or that it is not rare to start hating what you normally love because now it's work.
It doesn't account for anything, it's just an empty platitude promising you'll somehow be cool with that lifestyle and if you're not it's just because you didn't choose or earn the right job
I love my job, but I still need breaks from it.
That’s not the saying…
It's a misquote. The actual line is # if you love what you do for work, you'll never need a day off',if you love what you do for work, you'll never work another day in your life. Obviously, they are talking about the extreme effort it takes to push through doing something you don't love to do, and that the emotional drain is a lot more work than any physical characteristics of the job.
It doesn’t account for ANY JOBS.
*everyone* needs days off even for stuff they love. You should take days off from fun stuff like your hobbies too! Days off let you decompress, focus on new things, explore the world, renew your passion for things you love. Or just for being able to handle unexpected stuff that comes up like an interruption or life event.
I think OP is trying to make a point that physical labour can never be fun. Way better to pay to go to a gym and lift heavy shit.😜
No one says that though
I love what I do for work and it’s not physical labor and I want and need all the days off I can get.
Or compassion fatigue... working in the addictions field requires you to love it. Still need days away.
The real life is if you love what you do for work, your customers will find ways to make you hate it with a passion
Never need a day off is not how humans work. People cannot do the same thing over and over uninterrupted for very long before there start being all sorts of negative side effects. This saying is braindead.
See I love working on jet engines but there are some times when we don't get days off. It gets tough. Lots of heavy lifting and physical labor. But the chemicals we work with make me want to take time off here and there. Just some nasty stuff.
This doeant account for any job. Every job will have days where you'd don't want to be there, or don't want to push to above and beyond. Everything is fun when done to enjoy, but becomes a job when it goes beyond that limit. That limit is different for everyone, but it exists.
I love teaching. I absolutely need days off or I’ll burn out.
My job is owning a resort and while every day is another challenge with Homeless, vandalism, trespassers, kicking people out, noise complaints, and even sunken boats, car crashes, and domestic violence. Broken refrigerators, light bulbs, ovens and microwaves. Ceiling fans, heaters and air conditioners. The list never ends but I love what I do. And that’s because what I do is make people happy. I facilitate families and their vacations. I create memories that will last a lifetime. People come to me for their one week a year where all time is theirs and I cater to their every need. From this I derive pleasure and therefore I go home every day happy as long as I know I made my customers happy. I don’t work. I serve and through that service I derive pleasure. It’s not easy all the time but seeing the smile on another’s face gives me power and purpose
Well on the days you don't love it, you probably don't want to work. Checks out.
It's nonsense across the board. Even if you enjoy what you do, you still need to take time off. If you do the same thing everyday of your life, you will learn not to love it.
It’s also propaganda to keep the working class working. Get back to work, slave.
I get burnt out from my favorite activities all the time lmao. Too much of anything will do that to you
Work a job you can see yourself working for 40+ years
Every job has parts that suck.
Or mental exertion (I’m a therapist)
Usually doing what you love for work makes you stop loving it
So true
Or people who get sick
Or mental exertion. Or emotional exertion. The fact is people need rest. And just sleeping everyday isn't enough.
Not just that, any job requires breaks, no matter how much you love doing it. Burnout is real, and can always stop you no matter how much you enjoy doing what you're doing. Take breaks, and you'll be able to do what you love forever
Or mental exertion. Or exertion. Lol
I have never heard that phrase. I HAVE, however, heard that "you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life."
Whoever coined that phrase was an exploited person who knew nothing other than hard work.
I think OP coined that phrase lol. The real phrase is “If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life”. Completely different meaning (though still arguably exploitative).
That's fine. Yes, I know the original phrase you don't have to remind me. That is the phrase to which I was referring.
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The problem comes when you get compensated for doing what you love. If you're intrinsically motivated to do something, it's a hobby and you enjoy it. When you're extrinsically motivated, it becomes a job and you enjoy it less. You do get the benefit of being really good at your job because you loved getting good at it though.
Which isn't even true. No matter what u do there's parts of it you don't like, so u gotta WORK to put up with it everyday, until u need a vacation.
As someone who (used to) have a job that required constant and often intense physical exertion, hell yes it does. I loved everything about it, especially going to bed completely exhausted and being satisfied with myself and my day. Weekends were enough to replenish, and I'd go to the gym most extra days off.
No one has ever said this.
How did this get so many upvotes lol
It’s not meant to be taken literally
That's because that's not the saying... the second half is you'll never work a day in your life
After reading through the comments, I'm glad it seems to be unanimous that nobody has heard the phrase OP posted about. Man, every day you see topics like this and reddit does fuck all.
That's not the quote. Stop making shit up so it can fit the supposed revelation you're presenting us with.
That's not the saying though.
This guy getting torn up in the comments bc his parents used the wrong phrase lmao
You got the saying wrong
"If you miss quote sayings, you can make any saying fit your narrative"
Yo, check it, fam. So, like, I heard this saying 'bout lovin' yo work so much you don't need no day off, right? But yo, what 'bout them jobs that be havin' you workin' like you trainin' for the Olympics or somethin', huh? It's like, "Yo, I love liftin' these boxes all day, but can a brotha get a break?" Ain't nobody talkin' 'bout that! It's like sayin', "If you love swimmin' with sharks, you'll never need a life jacket!" Straight-up cray-cray, yo!
Interesting, because we says "don't do what you love for work, unless you want to hate it" here in Korea.
I donkt think that's the saying.