At least three non-fiction books rail against the myth that you can find a job you love:

Work Won’t Love You Back

Do What You Love (And Other Lies)

We are All Fast Food Workers Now

In my career guide I made the distinction I want to reiterate here:

You CAN love your job even if you’re not doing what you love to do like bake cookies.

You might like to cook. That doesn’t mean you should become a chef. Maybe you’ll bake pies to take to work to share with coworkers. Or have a side business selling those pies to earn extra cash.

I happen to love my job. I didn’t have this career until I turned 35. Proving that it’s not too late to pivot start over or even begin a job for the first time.

A guy I met 15 years ago told me he decided at 55: “Enough! I want to get a job!”

Then there’s the story of the gray-haired lady in her sixties who attended library school with me. Other people were ending their lives and she decided it wasn’t over for her.

In coming blog entries I’m going to talk about workplace woes and wonders. Using a sense of humor to talk about these topics.

Again: you can love your job even if it doesn’t involve your wildest passion of what you like to do.

Outside of the workplace is where we shouldn’t skimp on doing what thrills us every day.