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> Do what you love and it’ll never feel like work.

Sorry but I strongly disagree with this advice.

Being able to do what you love for work is a huge luxury that most people can not afford. It's much easier to learn to be content or happy with something that makes money than to make money off your interest.

Just look at the number of starving artists/actors/musicians on why following your passion doesn't really work for most people. The reality is that being able to get paid for something isn't up to you but society.

It isn't even necessarily dictated by how good you are at something. There are many examples of great composers who ended up dying in poverty but whose works of genius survive and are heard to this day.



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