For the Fun of It

There are many considerations when you consider a profession, but there is one thing that I think is most important: will I enjoy it.  I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up, though for all intents and purposes, I am grown already.  But I do know that I want to do something that I enjoy.  I heard once that if you find a job that you love, you will never have to work a day in your life.  This, I suppose, is the reason I have stayed at the quilt shop as long as I have.  I enjoy my job.  It’s fun.

I know there will be many people who look down on reasoning like this.  I have a responsibility to be doing more with my life than just having fun.  There is the consideration of prestige and ambition and money.  One has to grow up, right?  Become a contributing member of society?  To this argument I have one thing to ask.  Does our society need more people making money, or more people who enjoy their lives?  In my opinion, there is too much trust in money and not enough in joy.  Granted, every job will have days (or perhaps weeks or months) when it is a job, a chore, something you just have to get through, but I couldn’t stand to have a job where every day I look forward to the pay check and not the work itself.

There is something to be said for doing something just for the fun of it with no consideration for how much money you make or how “socially acceptable” it may be, which unfortunately seems to be about the same thing anymore.  Don’t be afraid to have fun.  I believe quality of life has less to do with money and the accumulation of stuff, and more to do with fun and joy.