We should be thankful for our jobs.
Hear me our!
See, there are one of two things at play when you are employed.
First, you are in a job you love. Life is great. You are happy, and things could not be better.
This is what we should shoot for in a job – for this is what we all want (in a job).
Now. The second possibility is that you are in a job that you don't love.
I get that this is not optimal – but look at it a different way.
Think of that salary as the funding mechanism for what you actually want to go do.
Invest. Start a business. Or, simply use the money to enjoy your hobbies and vacations.
It’s perspective.
And understand: Everyone learns by doing.
I learned by doing, there being no one willing to instruct me, and I will always be grateful to Hollywood for. . . well. . . it’s essentially financed my fiction, my rare book business, and, to a huge degree, my adult life.