The Writer’s Coin

You hear about it everywhere: make sure you love what you do because it’s not worth it to spend the majority of your life at something you detest. But I’ve usually seen that as one of those cheesy/cliché phrases that somehow don’t apply to me.

It didn’t help that I had no connection at all to my old job other than my paycheck and the people I worked with. It’s not that I hated it (though at times I did), it’s just that I had no passion for it. I worked and they gave me a paycheck in exchange. Big whoop. Now I’m at a different job and things are different.

I’m writing for a new site that is working under the philosophy: “Invest in what you know.” The purpose is to try and get everyday people interested in investing by talking about the things they know and love. This is what Peter Lynch’s classic One Up On Wall Street is all about. It’s a job that has a noble cause behind it and it pumps me up in the morning when I’m on my way to work—a brand new feeling for me. And yes, it makes a huge difference.

When an old coworker of mine left our old job he told me his quality of life improved “like 60%.” Don’t you think it’s worth it to improve your overall quality of life by picking the right job?

For those of you looking to simply get out of your current job: I say get on it. Part of me wants to give you the advice of taking it slow, to make sure your next job is the one you want to be at for a long time and that you will love. But if you’re really detesting what you do right now, you may not even know what a good and bad job is right now. Your perspective is a little twisted. So get out of there ASAP and get your mind out of that horrible, everyday loop. You’ll thank me later.

Tags: career search, hate my job, loving what you do, new job