How To Never Work A Day In Your Life

Find something you can’t stop doing because you love it

Forget about “never working a day in your life,” focus on falling so much in love with the work you do that you choose to work hard.

You spend one third of your life at work. That’s 90,000 hours. So your best bet is to do something you are interested in.

Now, I hate to be a wet blanket, but even if you find something you love, you aren’t going to have fun 100% of that time. I love my job. But do I love it every day? Nope. Every once in a while I have to do some stuff that is neither fun nor interesting. Sometimes work is stressful and sometimes I contemplate all my life choices. But most of the time, I go to bed feeling fulfilled, and that's what I work towards everyday.

Work is called work, because it is simply that. It is something you need to do for survival. Even the most fun and exciting jobs will feel like a job at times, especially if you have ambitious goals.

Would you do it for free?

We all need to pay bills. You might love your job because you get paid a truckload, but you may not enjoy your days as much as someone who loves what they do but earns less money. Truly ask yourself, that how you want to spend one third of your life?

Ask yourself what you would do if you didn’t need to make money to live

Here at Year13 we ask all of the new crew, “if money were no object, what would you do?”. Past answers have ranged from “travel the world”, “pursue photography” to “cure cancer”.

Find what you’re passionate about. And do it. Be creative here. Reach for the stars. Think about what would be your ultimate dream job and how you want to spend one third of your life.

This doesn’t mean that while travelling the world or curing cancer, there isn’t going to be hard some days. It just means that despite the challenges you face, you still feel a great sense of fulfillment.