Last Updated on August 6, 2019 by Jessica Adams
It’s become pretty common to hate one’s job these days, hasn’t it? After all, the bills have to get paid, the kids need to be fed, and you need to put gas in your car. So, if you absolutely have to take a job that you don’t really like to achieve a decent standard of living, then I guess you’ve no time to pursue your passions in a job just yet.
Of course, taking a job that you can’t stand is, ultimately, a truly awful idea. If it’s all you can do to keep the collection agencies off your back, then I guess ‘you gotta do what you gotta do’. In reality, though, there are almost always things you can do to begin moving towards a job that actually means something to you.
Something beyond the practical, that truly speaks to the vision you had for yourself when you were younger. In case you need a reason to pursue your passions in a job, here are a few reasons why it’s worth doing just that.
3 Reasons You Should Pursue
Your Passions In a Job
The More Meaning in the Job, the Better You’ll Deal w/the Real Work
It’s not likely to come as a great surprise to anyone, that in order to be a success in any given career, you’ll generally need to put in a lot of hard work. It’s a lot easier consistently, and over a considerable time frame. The thing is when you’re doing work that you find genuinely meaningful, grinding away in this way is much more tolerable.
In fact, it can even be enjoyable. Working on an online MBA in business intelligence is likely to prove difficult, such as, but also intensely rewarding. If, however, you believe that your job is essentially a waste of your precious time, then your capacity for hard work is seriously affected.
You might still be able to get the work in, but you’ll be resentful as a result. And then your overall productivity will diminish until your mood eventually fizzles and you quit or get fired.
Meaningful Work Brings Out the Best of You
Spending huge chunks of waking hours doing things that you find essentially meaningless, if not outright contemptible, will inevitably have a corrupting influence on you. It will make you a bitter and negative type of a person.
This, in turn, will taint the various other aspects of your life. Your family and friends will have to deal with you being unreasonably grumpy as a result. Doing meaningful work, on the other hand, tends to bring out the best in people.
I’m not saying that the job itself has to be some altruistic, volunteer-based, ‘save the whales’, kind of job. You should truly love your construction job or being a math teacher because that is what speaks to you. It will make you a more joyful, positive, and vital character.
When You Care About Your Job, There Are Better Odds of Your Making a Positive Impact
Connected to the previous point — we generally like to think that our actions in life will have some positive impact. If not in the world at large, then at least in the lives of those people we hold most dear.
When you do work you find meaningful, you will naturally be more likely to make a positive impact. As the work itself will be in accord with your values and your sense of what is good in life.
Additionally, when you find your work meaningful, you’re likely to be more attentive and mindful and look for ways to achieve the best possible outcomes as a result.
Jessica Rose Adams
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