We had a writer for us share a story with us that seems like it would fit quite nicely over here and thought you would all enjoy. Check out I Choose Having Fun Over Having a Career by our writer Cavegirl. A small preview:
“I don't make a lot of money. It's just that I've realized that I can’t do the daily grind. Going to a nine-to-five gig for me is like fighting gravity. Even just knowing that I had to be in the same place at the same time, every single day, five days a week, that I was always going to have to do my shopping and hiking or whatever on the weekends because I was never going to have a weekday afternoon off, I just could not handle that at all.”
“I know some people who do what they love for work. But the concept of doing only one thing that I love for the rest of my life, and that's also the only way that I make money, is terrifying and weird to me. I’ve always seen a real distinction between the things I like to do and the things that make me money. I understand that commitment to the craft is how you can also make a lot more money than I make now. But I guess at a certain point, I just had to let that go and realize that it'll come and go when it comes and goes, and if I at least am finding some kind of joy and satisfaction in what I'm doing, that’s a lot better to me any day of the week.“