• Godnroc@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Jobs don’t bring happiness. You might find laboring towards a goal satisfying, but don’t confuse that feeling with job satisfaction.

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      Depends on the person and the job. Thomas Edison loved his work to the point of being essentially addicted.

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        1 month ago

        How much actual power do you have in this regard?

        Did you get to choose your job? Can you also choose not to have a job?

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          If we’re questioning the matter of free will or material circumstance, then that’s a separate conversation.

          But I get to choose whether I find joy in the job I chose and whether that amounts to job satisfaction. Yes. I’m allowed to find happiness in whatever I want.