Everyday.
For a living.
Do you know what I mean?
There ARE people out there that do that .... or claim to...
Not sure if they chose a job and decided to love it, or went after their heart's desire from an early age or what? Sometimes I'm sure people just "fall into" a fabulous life that they never dreamt of.
There are actors and circus performers, sales people and politicians, restraunteurs, golfers and sailors that say, "Yes! Without a doubt.....I am living my dream. There is nothing else I would rather do. No one else I'd rather be."
I know. I saw it on Oprah.
But "doing what you love" is really not so easy.
Not that anyone said it was.....
I guess when they told me in college, "Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life," I just thought at some point I would know what to do and I'd be rich and famous and BE that person on Oprah saying....well, you know....you've just got to follow your dreams and go for it...
Or some such blah blah blah.
Well here's the problem ladies and gents:
First off, you have to FIND something that you love. That in itself can take who knows how long!?
And, quite frankly, the things that "I love" are generally not things that one can make any decent money doing ..... And more probably, no money at all.
So there's that obstacle.
Secondly, you really have to put in time to build up this business or passion or column or brand or whatever..... If I had been smart, I would have started building that at age 9. And now I'id be on QVC with Suzanne Sommers.
But I digress.
As it stands now, I am 34, (which is allegedly the new 24, but feels less and less like it) and haven't built up my empire or wrote books or franchised my salsa or become a Senator or launched some random brand that happened to find just the niche that was needed.
And most likely, neither have you.
Swallow that pill for a while and you'll come to this conclusion (maybe).
It's probably too late to do what you love.
Which means......
You're stuck in this crap job-life-career-town--whatev -- just living everyday, going to your power lunches, and running your miles, demanding spreadsheets and getting excited over pinstripes, kissing ass and having yours kissed.
Becoming that person that is ....well ...... lame.
But, that's life for most people.
If they're lucky.
If they're not, they are worried about how to feed their kids and if they'll lose their job and when spaghetti-o's go on sale.
So...... I guess we now understand why the lottery is so popular.
It's the dream people.
The dream of doing what you love.
Which, just might turn out to be, nothing.
