The Pleasure of Work, Hard Work

I was feeling rather stressed last night by a proposal draft I had to do up quickly, and pressured by my own expectations. When I finished 11am this morning (4 hours sleep), I felt rather satisfied by the effort I put in. It really wasn't that bad-

When doing something you can identify or take interest in, hard work becomes half as hard work. Tiring as it may be, the motivation is so much stronger.

So my point is- many have asked me question/made statements such as, 'Why don't you study finance?', 'Finance is where all the money is!', 'Why don't you want to work in an investment bank?'. My answer is simple and plain: with some things, a positive attitude can motivate me to keep trying (and even develop an interest), but with some others, it just isn't in me! What's the point of earning $10 000/month if I hate what I do? I'd probably do really poorly anyway since I lack the motivation to drive me to put in the hardwork. By the time the monetary incentive (say $20 000/month) is sufficient to tempt me, it probably means I would have to sell my soul to the corporation anyway.

Thus, whatever others say, I am happy doing what I have a genuine interest in. With interest, work can be pleasurable. I pursue music, a marketing major, (am going to start this Friday) teach piano because these are my passions. So people may ask, and ask, and well, I don't really care.

=) And as Jann likes to say, work can be numbing from the troubles of the rest of our lives sometimes. I sometimes get a glimpse of what she means. It is true.