By denmarkguy on Skatehive
I came of age at a time when being happy in your work was not a particularly important objective for anyone. Or, at least, for very few people. That was not to suggest that people didn't feel good about being happy at work, it was simply a statement that you didn't go to work for the purpose of finding fulfillment and happiness, you went to work to earn a paycheck so you could support your life. Happiness was an unexpected and unplanned coincidence, if it happened. By the time I got to university, the idea of finding "fulfilling" work and doing something you felt passionate about was starting to gain a little more traction. I still pretty much followed the old school, in the sense that I was trying to go to work at something that I could earn a living from, but in doing so I didn't feel entirely convinced that I was doing the right thing, anymore. I only worked in a "conventional" sort of career for about 5 years before I sincerely started questioning what I was doing. Sure, my life ha