If you’re like most people, your career path started out pretty much like this: You went to college, thought you were interested in a couple of subjects (or really knew you disliked others), and decided on a major.
Working on your life vs Working for a living
This key distinction is the most important principle for living out your dreams. There is a critical difference between working to build your life and working for money. What does that difference look like? Working for money (or surviving, as some people would call it) looks like this: You pick a job based on pay alone. You working your job because you didn’t know what else to do. You fell into your current line of work. You don’t want to go to work. Work feels confining. You are working because it’s easy. You are working out of habit or routine. …