The old saying goes "do what you love, and you will never work a day in your life." But this notion of loving what one does for a living is constantly being challenged by modern society. As a college student, this can be a very realistic controversy.
People now-a-days are always saying it's hard to do what one loves because most people have many passions or work will ruin passion or the income is not worth it. Those are fairly righteous oppositions, but why have people grown so pessimistic? Some people still believe in "do what you love."
Well, why should college students do what they love? There are so many reasons. For starters, college is meant to be the opportune time to discover passions and pursue them. College is meant to help students discover what they want to do in life, what they are truly good at, and fine tune those skills. Quite frankly, college is too expensive to waste the knowledge and experience on something one does not love.
Consider this: often a person is very skilled at what he or she loves to do. Does it not make sense to use one's skills and be great at what one is passionate about, then? Just because one happens to be good at accounting does not mean he or she should become a CPA if accounting is not something he or she loves.
Does it not make sense that by doing what you love, which you are inherently good at because you love it, mean that you will be successful to some extent or another? It does not necessarily always make sense that doing what you love will lead to minimal income. If one loves flipping burgers and has a wonderful talent of it, then he or she might be flipping burgers at the best burger place in town eventually, and is that not successful to some people?
Furthermore, no amount of money can't make up for enjoyment. Is doing something one does not love really worth the money? Being miserable is no way to live in a society that built itself on creating a life one wants to live. What happened to the saying "money cannot buy happiness"?
Does this mean that doing what you love is always necessarily easy? Of course not. However, if one does what he or she loves, is it not worth the little extra effort? Will it not be worth it in the end?
If there is one response to those who say doing what you love is impractical, then it is this: challenge accepted. Watch success flow from the labors of the things one loves. It will be more enjoyable, produce the best outcomes, and showcase natural talents. What more is there to ask?
