Work Hard?
Yes, this is the formula we have been sold to achieve success. I, too, took the bait a long, long time ago. And I don't regret it, even though I didn't achieve the success that everyone thought back then.
Now, I know, there is nothing wrong or right with hard work. It's just that there is no equivalence to providing success and enjoyment in the permanent doing.
The heart of the matter is to find something that fulfills you and that you can share and that pays well with it.
There are many things that I like, but they are distanced from me by satisfying basic needs. In that sense, alchemy is, in part, articulating your pleasurable actions with the painful ones to harmonize means and ends and be happy in the process. In this aspiration, work ceases to be hard and becomes pleasurable.
In any case, the quest continues, and the purpose persists.
Greetings.
There is definitely no wrong and right when it comes to working hard. I think it's truly admirable though people gaslight me when I said that I truly enjoy working hard. When you do something you really like, it doesn't feel like hard work at all. These days, I'd like to think that those who complain about their work is simply don't find them enjoyable but that doesn't mean it's not enjoyable for ourselves. It's why I become a lot more aware when someone is simply projecting their problems on to me.
Thank you for leaving that thoughtful comment, I truly appreciate it 😊