The point is that most of us have to work, at least choose something you like to do. The author of this sounds like so many people I have met working in jobs they hate. Pretending they don't have a choice.
I left a good paying 20 year career at 42 to do what I always wanted to do. I started cooking 6 years ago for minimum wage. I had never been a cook before beyond family and friends. Because I wanted to cook, I am passionate about it. Because I am passionate about it, I am always looking for ways to make it better. Because I could be passionate about my job making minimum wage, 6 months after starting I was offered the job of managing the restaurant...for more than minimum wage. I still cook and can do what I love. I have remained passionate about my work because it is what I love.
Last month I was offered the position of Executive Chef for the organization that owns the restaurant I work for. Because of my passion. Because I am doing what I love.
There will always be those who have always wished they had done something different with their life, but convinced themselves, for what ever reason, that they couldn't. They will give you the litany of reasons you can't or shouldn't follow your heart. ..misery loves company, and all that. .
i am still not making what I would if I had stayed in the career I grew to hate, but my blood pressure has been on the lower side of normal, down from nearing need for high pressure medication before I left my other job. .I haven't hated a day since I started. .
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