re: How many of you truly love your jobs

I used to love my job more before I kept getting more and more responsibilities. Before I just worked one or two projects at a time and could just do my own thing. Now I have 30 people on my team and budgets to worry about and I spent like 30 hours a week on meetings. I still love my team and the type of work we do, but I definitely don't love the job any more.

That said, if I won the lottery, I would continue working there, but I would probably just 1099 myself and work maybe like 25% as hard for less money. If I didn't have this job, I would probably get bored and end up back into it again anyway.

I grinded for 20+ years to finally get the job I have right now. It’s federal, I get paid a lot to just simply do my job with no profit margins or deadlines.

I came from nothing and now my son starts a private Christian college, playing baseball tomorrow. So yea, I not only earned this job but I’m very appreciative and grateful for it. Hard work pays off.

Honestly, if I won the lottery of course I’d be gone but either way I’ve won.

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if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life." I'm wondering if this saying is complete bs.

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I’ve never found anyone willing to pay me to ride jet skis and dirt bikes so yes this saying is bullshite.

When I get paid to speak its NOT work.

I did HOT SHOT for 9 years and I loved it. Just got burned out putting 110,000 miles a year on my truck. But I love to travel and I got to spend some time in some places I normally would go.

Spent the night in Selma, AL, Lenoir City, TN and Salem, VA to name a few.

My goal was to publish my book and speak full-time, but Covid fricked that up.

I use to love my job. Hate it now. So much stuff coming at me everyday my brain feels like scrambled eggs.

I neither lover nor hate my job.

But I have done right by them for a long time and they have treated me well for for a long time. So if I won the lottery I would not leave them in a lurch. I’d give six months notice and make sure they were in a good place before I left.

I do, work for the best boss in the world…..myself.

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Then once I got bored, I’d start some sort of business to occupy my time. I wouldn't be working for anyone ever again, frick that.

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When you own your own business, you work for way more people than as an employee

I’d go part time and smoke weed. But not to a fault. I actually enjoy playing with the largest erector set known to man. It’s pretty damn cool having a couple of the largest cranes in NA opposite each other and your biggest concern is them not crossing swords.