Oh, I sorely disagree. I do work hundred hour weeks on a regular basis, and I've got more than a dozen thirty-six-hour-days in this year so far.
And I truly enjoy what I do -- partly because I decided to do so. I'm definitely in the Camp One and Camp Two category (from the groups that the Lady Rowyn refers to above): Arrange your thinking to love what you do now -- and then work to improve your situation even more.
I thought this way when I worked a hundred hours a week washing dishes and delivering auto parts. And when I had the same sort of schedule before that cleaning bathrooms in restaurants (that I later managed).
Life still offers challenges; this year has not revealed whether it will be poor or wonderful economically (not likely to be in between). But I'm enjoying my life, and it has a purpose. And I worked until 3:30 this morning and was back at it at 9 am -- this is why you're not seeing much writing from me here recently. (This is on my list to fix, in fact.)
I've spent on the order of 100,000 hours at my current job. If working at a job you enjoy makes it "no longer your pleasure", that effect would have certainly been true of me. And many people find their creative instincts honed by pressure -- quite a few authors described this as their primary inspiration.
It is just how you decide to think about it. And you make that decision.
Some people are afflicted with physical and mental challenges that prevent them from taking this approach. But in my opinion, the great majority could do it the way I do; such thinking is a skill set that is eminently learnable.
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And I truly enjoy what I do -- partly because I decided to do so. I'm definitely in the Camp One and Camp Two category (from the groups that the Lady Rowyn refers to above): Arrange your thinking to love what you do now -- and then work to improve your situation even more.
I thought this way when I worked a hundred hours a week washing dishes and delivering auto parts. And when I had the same sort of schedule before that cleaning bathrooms in restaurants (that I later managed).
Life still offers challenges; this year has not revealed whether it will be poor or wonderful economically (not likely to be in between). But I'm enjoying my life, and it has a purpose. And I worked until 3:30 this morning and was back at it at 9 am -- this is why you're not seeing much writing from me here recently. (This is on my list to fix, in fact.)
I've spent on the order of 100,000 hours at my current job. If working at a job you enjoy makes it "no longer your pleasure", that effect would have certainly been true of me. And many people find their creative instincts honed by pressure -- quite a few authors described this as their primary inspiration.
It is just how you decide to think about it. And you make that decision.
Some people are afflicted with physical and mental challenges that prevent them from taking this approach. But in my opinion, the great majority could do it the way I do; such thinking is a skill set that is eminently learnable.
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