Before you "quit your job and follow your passion" watch this.

[@Makebuildmodify]

“Some of the richest and greatest insights that you will ever have about people, the world, and yourself are going to come from a job that you hate.” So true!

[@Makebuildmodify]

@Craftotheque Totally agree.

[@nanana397]

which make me realise I hate my job. it's toxic

[@thangys]

@Craftotheque well commented 💯

[@frankierock1130]

If you quit your job how are you going to be a corporate herded sheep alized slave? And if you quit being a Slave how could you ever enjoy all of your free dumb?

[@LyndseyMacPherson]

Yep! I quit the job that nearly destroyed me, because it had served the insights purpose but did not give me the liberty to pursue any of the "high risk, high reward" stuff I am meant to do. It was just time, and now I can put what I learned there to good use. Best thing is to have a plan before you ditch it, and enough to sustain yourself to give your real purpose a fighting chance.

[@JoshuaFluke1]

The market doesn't care about your passion, it cares about whatever it wants. And what it wants might not be your passion. The key is to find a way to mix value, with something you enjoy.

[@katherineturpin-profession9448]

True! I think the term is 'ikigai' - the intersection of something you're good at, that you enjoy doing, and which you can get paid to do.

[@randomuserame]

The legend.

[@yivunqp963]

A good advice I heard is. Learn something that the market wants and spend time and effort to get good at it. When you are good at something, you will naturally love it.

[@TheClinchMagazine]

Accurate

[@ILovePlayingZeldaGamesOnSwitch]

This is true. I once dreamed of becoming a graphic designer/architect but my parents are against it and i studied nursing instead. Ended up being a dental assistant and loving it coz i realised since i was young I've been helping my father in our bakeshop so it's like a training for me how to be an assistant.

[@coin5207]

This video made me quit my job as an independent writer and follow my passion for petroleum engineering

[@TCErnesto]

underrated comment

[@unicekeepgoing6727]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonathan-3008]

haha

[@GhostofTheUchiha22]

Bro you should have pursued it from the start. It makes a ton of money lol

[@bobc7557]

I'm what you would call a boomer, and back then, finding a job was a bit easier than it is today, so it was easier to let go and follow your passion. In today's world, it is definitely harder, as even a college degrees can't get you a secure well paid job, while a simple highschool diploma could get one in my youth. It was easier for me to follow my passion and become an artist leaving my job. But then again, life in general was easier for me back then, as I was a straight middle class white man. Advice I would give to this generation is to just work hard. Do something you like. Earn money. Maybe earn money while doing something you like, and just continue with whatever works. Just remember to enjoy your life. I'm very old right now, and I do have some regrets. Your job should never be your whole life- there are other things in life to enjoy, like your family, your dog, nature, paintings, comic books, friends, food- just live a happy life with no regrets. This is kind of off topic, but I just wanted to put that out there, as time goes by fast, and in the blink of an eye, you'll be an old person like me, retired, with grandchildren, watching videos on KZbin about confused youngsters. You'll find your way, I promise! Sincerely, Robert Edit: I see some people in the comments don't exactly care for my advice, and that's fine. Times are different. Don't get the idea that I didn't suffer or work hard, because I did. As an orphan, I had to go through quiet a lot of deaths than a child should, and while I'm not going to go into detail about it, I will say this - life is hard and unfair. Growing up, I would rather have been extremely poor and have my family back, than my middle class position where I could live comfortably. I know some who would wish the opposite. I know working hard can't get you everywhere, but smart and hard work is the only thing you can do. All I'm saying, is make sure to count your blessings. Because one day they'll be gone before you know it.

[@tranngockha6562]

Ok thank you for your experience

[@hederahelix4600]

It does go by so fast. I just turned 50 and I feel that I'm still learning about life and thinking about starting a new phase but I fear it's too late. Anyway thanks a lot for your insights. :-)

[@whyvern6817]

Don't worry my dude, I will surely try to live my life without regret and do my best to be as happy as I can be...

[@hannej7593]

Thank you for this very wholesome comment Robert!!

[@feastmode7931]

the best kind of boomer is one like Bob -- self-aware, a good bit of wisdom, a lot of good advice. thanks, Bob. this comment helped me today

[@NateMurphy]

Man, what a story. I totally agree. The phrase 'quit your job & follow your passion' but is devoid of the practical assessments and strategy necessary to actually make it work.

[@DmitryDaren]

concise and to the point

[@unkykun]

@Luís Andrade True, if accounting is your passion, by all means, follow your dream ahah

[@InTheNameOfLife1]

It’s only ever promoted by people who would be fine without work because they are either bankrolled by their family or made it lucky and have a good cushion of savings.

[@cmmndrblu]

This made me feel like less of a failure.

[@LazyDev27]

I don't know, I think it's a mix. Because your best interest isn't always in everyone elses minds and to give your best interest value to THEM is to stand up for it. They call it passion for a reason. To be honest, if you walk away from it as you all are describing like the OP, it probably wasn't passion to begin with. It makes its own value through sheer determination. You can be a cashier, but if painting is your PASSION, you're painting in your mind as youre standing at that register. Your friends and family would all have self-portraits. Your passion isnt about making money always, living isnt about surviving. People are so pathetic these days.

[@Dialogos1989]

The quickest way to kill a passion is to turn it into a job

[@unchartedgroupielove]

good point

[@rodrigog.c.6047]

Passion means to suffer, literally. So good you tame it.

[@selfishbirch]

it's actually not true at all. it's true only if you lose any freedom and have no other options other than to obey the circumstances.

[@Dialogos1989]

@@selfishbirch that’s more or less what I mean. A job is an obligation. You must go to work in order to make a living. Passions are spontaneous and driven forward by interest and intrinsic drive. You can’t force them, they just flow from you. This is why deadlines and such only inhibit creative projects like film, books, art. Etc. Star Wars used to be a work of art, now it’s a franchise. Comedy is much the same. The art of comedy is to suprise the audience with the punchline. If you see the punchline coming then you don’t laugh. Once comedians get into the “night show” business, and they have to be funny on a regular basis, the quality of their work drops precipitously.

[@desireegreen653]

SO true! That's the main issue I have with that stupid phrase.

[@howardcallihan7074]

One of my first adult jobs (after dropping out of my first attempts at college) was working at a brew pub, first as a dishwasher, then as a cook. The work environment was toxic as hell. Most of my coworkers were bitter alcoholics and coke addicts. The management sold this 'happy small business family narrative' while sucking the literal life out of the people who worked there while they self medicated their lives into ruin. I eventually ended up walking on the job after a little over two years and taking up the life of a semi-homeless classical guitarist, revisited drawing, started reading philosophy in earnest. Eventually I went back to school and did studio art and philosophy, while playing dinner music gigs for smokes and coffee $$. After graduation my first job was... as a chef's assistant in a frat kitchen. The chef was a buddy of mine and everything was cool at first until they started getting more and more unhinged. They were one of those crisis cooks that motivate themselves by overshooting and instigating a crisis. I hung in with them for about a year and, after a bit of a power struggle, I put in my two weeks, and was back on the problem of figuring out what to do... which ended up being running a kitchen at a homeless shelter. I discovered that everything I had done before prepared me for that. I learned both how to hustle from the challenge of the previous kitchen jobs. Most importantly, I learned what I did not want in my kitchen: no wannabe Gordan Ramsey shit, no picking a kitchen scapegoat, no macho masochism, no lifestyle drinking and drugging (though I won't lie some of the crisis motivation rubbed off). My iterate musician days helped me relate to the homeless people, the ones I didn't already know from being a street person myself. The philosophy study helped me make sense of the truly bizarre situations that arose. The art study helped me invent meals for 100+ people out of donated randomness etc. Apologies for the Tl;Dr but yeah relatable. The stuff I hated did end up helping a lot down the road. I still think a lot about going the free spirit creative route, but I really love helping homeless people, which I now do as a social worker. Though my long term plan is to retire from that to be a full time artist/philosopher... eventually.

[@carla8478]

Wow, this deserves way more likes. Thank you for having the courage to reject machoism and let true masculinity shine through. Thank you for your heart, and for your care for others around you. Just don't forget you're important too. Take time to take care of yourself as well. Thank you for rising above.

[@sherierodrigues1569]

What a journey. Respect. I'm not religious, but I will pray for your end goal my dear. Happy days Howard. Sherie Rodrigues from Australia

[@rositasouza1216]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@alrooees]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@johns4651]

Awesome　story

[@ken8759]

I honestly think that the self help people over simplify things because it's more easier and digestible to just say quit your job and follow your passion then actually give you the proper steps to do that

[@TheMichaelStott]

They do that because they have to sell their books or product to a generalised audience. Self help books advice is not for an individual who has their own unique level of strengths, knowledge, experience, available resources or limitations. This is why most self help books get read once and left on a bookshelf to gather dust. Much the same as KZbinrs with their 5 step (insert whatever you're interested or feel you're lacking) title. Maybe one or two things sound intriguing but if we can't adapt them to the things mentioned above, they take us on a path of yuck.

[@jenna2569]

Just quit my aesthetic job that wasn’t paying enough to have a corporate job for a bit. There’s a lot of pressure to “do what you love” but for now i need to work a job i don’t love in order to support what I do

[@CloudslnMyCoffee]

That sounds wise

[@carolecarter7080]

Yes! There's nothing wrong with doing a job you're not passionate about so you can support yourself!

[@FauZhee]

@@carolecarter7080 I think, if it's still bearable, then it's alright. But if the job is really tedious, stressful & harming your mental health, it's better to quit soon.

[@galbulbul]

Is there a place on this world for people who just like their office job? Who don't mind stay at the office 8hours and than do other things? I feel like a outcasts because I don't want to be hustle boss in MLM or freelancer.

[@giftapfel]

@@galbulbul Its not what other people want you to do, its what you want to do. Just keep in mind you may love your job now, but maybe you will get bored in the future, or maybe you will lose your job and get a worse one. Always try to build towards something, it doesnt have to be a business, just something you love and it also helps if its monetizeable in some way.

[@pedrosilvaproductions]

One thing i've been learning in my 20's is embrace one of the things I used to say was my biggest mistake: not trying to follow my dream career from the get go. I've dreamt of being a professional musician as a kid, however, my parents always told me "you have to have a plan B, that is just a hobby". Unfortunately, I always followed it, and I got a degree in something which wasn't particularly something I wanted to do. But, years are going by and I've noticed that I can have a stable life and do my passion the same way. My degree isn't anything special, but it's not a dead end job either. I can live fairly well, don't have kids or dependants, and fortunately I've been able to keep studying music anyway. All in all, what I made was, instead of feeling sad that I didn't do what I wanted from the get go, I tried to make the best of the opportunities I had, started working on something I don't really like as much as I like music, but it's something that I can do to keep buying materials I need to create music and to play, to pay my courses and still have a comfortable life, paying bills and somehow slowly progressing into being more successful. So no, giving up on a daily job to follow your dreams isn't the best advice you can have. I would say, work on your dreams anyway. Even if you don't like your job, at the end of the day you're still doing your dreams, either it's painting, or drawing, or travelling, and don't have to worry about how much money you have to make from your dream. Work on your dreams until you don't need a daily job to survive, if that's what you want. If you're in the middle of the sea, swim. You might not know where to swim, but at least swim to somewhere

[@Alexandra.AI.]

"Swim. You might not know where to swim, but at least swim to somewhere." That is beautifully put. And true.

[@moonandstarsatnight]

❤

[@user-xn3rs7tu5w]

This is exactly my plan, I wanna become a tattoo artist so I can write novels with no pressure

[@eggxecution]

@@Alexandra.AI. yes this struck me. Life is unpredictable especiallly the future. We can never compeltely ensure that things will turn out the way we expect it. Just work and appreciate the things that we can control. Live and enjoy the present.

[@craxvangogh2712]

As an old woman who finally discovered her childhood again, I can say I agree with this. It was both grounded and encouraging!

[@quinetteadaobiartsofanapos9756]

This I love because this is what I came here for. May God bless your life.Amen.

[@dalemurphy6396]

Great video! I think this "quit your job" phenomenon is heavily influenced by a thing called survivorship bias; it always seems so tempting because you only ever hear from the people who succeeded and live great lives in million dollar mansions. You rarely hear from the people who lost everything, became homeless, ruined their lives, ruined their families etc.

[@XducationAI]

I failed my business after 3 years and went back to a job. Heck, it felt so good to be back on a stable career. Like it or not, luck is timing meets preparation. I work so hard for 3 years burning weekends, almost burning friendships, and the timing was not on my side. So, eventually i went back to my job.

[@ah5721]

100%

[@Snarkbutt]

@@Dead1_s You've made a lot of assumptions about someone you've never met, and you're talking like Mr. Bigshot. You sound like an a-hole. Is it so hard to imagine that someone's description of their own past could actually be accurate?

[@AndreaCavis]

@@Snarkbutt I wouldn't be bothered by some hating from a guy called "BobbyBigDick" though, would I?

[@zakosist]

That side needs to be talked about more. I think rather than just quitting your job to follow your passion, you should follow your passion as a hobby on the side and first when you actually start making money (because you can still try to sell your hobby work), do so multiple times and found you can actually work on it on a regular basis, it may be time to actually quit your job to follow your passion

[@ambersodyssey]

I love how you casually went through "selling drugs" lol

[@Alexandriafrancescakiel]

Ikr 😂

[@emmaaguila4502]

Really?

[@benwalker6530]

Maybe it was a part time job in a pharmacy 😂😂😂

[@elevenpsy]

It's not uncommon.

[@hman2912]

Was looking for this comment. Love how he put it on his resume

[@robertwatson6485]

I’ve always hated that phrase. And you nailed it with your mention of “non-monitizable hobby”. I could be fiercely passionate about squirrel-centric interpretive dance, but that does not mean I can readily support my family on day 1 pursuing it full time.

[@UldisZalcmanis]

"squirrel-centric interpretive dance" ...you may have a stand-up comedian in you. I just fell off the chair trying to picture this :D

[@fdllicks]

"Squirrel centric interpretive dance" is the name of my next band

[@kingsman428]

*"...quit your job and follow your passion..."* Yep, that's just like when a person is asked about their immense success and they reply with *"...just hard work that's all, I just worked harder than most and didn't take a Saturday off for 6 months..."* Yeah, imagine telling the guy that's working all the hours that God sends just to pay the bills, without a weekend off year after year, that all he has to do is work that little bit harder, just imagine how inspired he would be.

[@yivunqp963]

Yeah, and when you point this out they will say 'work smart, not work hard". Which really means instead of doing value added work, focus on getting notice by the boss.

[@Craig-gq4gb]

They never seem to admit that you need a bit of luck to make it, it’s not all hard work like guru’s will try and make you believe

[@jaimebriner995]

As a 23 year old, I have been struggling with the feeling that I am betraying myself as a fundamentally creative person by working corporate jobs instead of going to Art School or opening a Small Business. In truth I still have a lot to learn about Art in order to consistently produce work that I can be proud of. Your videos hit home every time but I am especially grateful for this one. Thank you for putting Good into the world! You are helping so many of us!

[@gerikaquintos]

dude i feel ya!

[@emmadoesartonline]

[@Forrest136]

You took the words right outta my mouth. I think a lot of times artists see other artists owning businesses and thinking they’re making a living from that business, when in reality we all have day jobs and work ourselves to the bone trying to simultaneously “follow our passions”

[@geeo_official]

I feel you. Going the safe way and doing it part time but not beeing fullfilled doing it because you just have half the skills and feel like you are not going forward

[@jasperfk]

The real, honest truth is that this living like this is the rule and not the exception! I so badly wanted to be a photographer at college but I realised I wasn’t talented or committed enough to go full time so it’s now something I enjoy doing in my free time instead of hating trying to do full time.

[@JournalingWithNadia]

finally someone said this! I was thinking about it for a long time and I even felt bad about myself for not feeling ready to quit my job. I'm able to learn a lot in my job and the security I get from it helps me be able to fully enjoy my hobbies/passions in my free time.

[@shadowsilverlight1651]

so, if you are learning at work and benefiting from it, why quit? why would you quit a job and have to start all over again with possible lower salary just because someone else quit their job? right now, id say be thankful you have a job you can go to, since there are a lot of people out of work right now. bet those keystone pipe works would be happy to have your job.

[@JournalingWithNadia]

@@shadowsilverlight1651 I think you misunderstood my comment a little bit, I never quit my job and I am thankful for the job I have, hence saying how I can learn and how it helps me enjoy my passions. I just meant there were a lot of people saying "you should quit your job to follow your passion" that it made me feel bad for not feeling ready to quit.

[@tawanacalamari5712]

@@JournalingWithNadia I think you misunderstand why that quote is repeated, it's not meant for you.... if you learn from your job, you love it, you're happy and comfortable and you still get to do what you love, why in God's name would you feel bad about not quitting? The quote is meant for people like this guy, who know in their heart of hearts what they are doing is not fulfilling, they hate it, their spirits already left the job, they want more from life and themselves. His experience and yours are two totally different experiences

[@dimpledharamsi9468]

Keep going! I too feel the same..

[@MrOssyMoro]

I was quiet scared watching this video because I just quit my job in Italian public administration (safe job in pandemic era) for a part time job in social sector while I'm studying medical plants at university to start a business about it. I own my home, no children, no car, no animals, I'm free and I still have a job who meets my needs while I'm going on with my passion. So this worked for me.

[@karapatriciaagbayani6373]

Suddenly reminded of what I wrote in my mood board “you have to do a lot you do not want before you do what you want”. Glad to hear your story and your perspective about this.

[@stevematson4808]

That is a phrase uttered by countless Trust funders who don't admit they live off of daddy's money.

[@AlanisCastellanos]

Ive been thinking the exact same all the time. They think life is easy for everyone just bc its easy for them. Theres people like me who didnt even got a chance to go to university bc didnt had the money to pay it, not even my parents had the money to pay a good primary education. Im 18, education-less and working a full-time job just to eat and pay bills. And i dont wanna sound mad that they live easy, im glad for them to have it easy. Im just mad for them to NOT see that theres people who just can't share their conditions and speak as if we do.

[@CynicSnacks]

The main issue I have with "Quit your job and follow your passion" is that if everyone followed along, society would collapse. We need people to do the mundane, everyday things that keep everything going. If everyone at once decided to follow the advice, we'd have a whole load of trainspotters and pretty much nobody working in waste management. We'd have tonnes of average tennis players and nobody to deliver goods. We'd have way more artists and musicians, and that would be cool as hell, but we'd have basically no plumbers. Its only because of the people who haven't quit their job to follow their passion, that people like you and me are afforded the societal breathing room to do what we love as a career. So I'm thankful for every single person who didn't follow this advice, and has found fulfilment and purpose in the tasks and responsibilities that we were too fragile and "creative" to do.

[@EthanDJC]

well said Cynic

[@katerinastrupkova9004]

:D I used to tell myself this too. Not everyone will follow advice no matter how often thay will hear it. You need a courage for following your passion. But, I think these craft or services would still exist, because many people's passion is to be in service to other people.

[@auri7442]

I’m happy that my passion is for a ‘normal’ career, because of this reason. I will be able to do what I love and also fill an important role in society, while allowing others to have the space to be creative. I’m happy I never deluded myself into believing I could be an artist/actor/entertainer (i do not have those skills)

[@stoneflower8751]

(I don't really find the mission of preserving humanity very important, but I'm gonna write this as if I do:) I agree, the people working those mundane jobs are important to society and I'm grateful for them. But the creative thinkers who steer away from those jobs are equally important to society. They push forward humanity, looking to the future, and help us grow and innovate. If all the creative thinkers stopped creating right now, innovations in technology, medicine, etc. would halt, and society wouldn't last. With that, I don't understand the importance of some artists in this sense. Like, how does an artist that draws original characters in different poses help push us forward? Maybe in some cases making art is a selfish endeavour?

[@friedrichfreiesleben7144]

Aaaaand thats where digitalisation comes in to play!!!! :D

[@sofyakorneeva8761]

The two dislikes are from people intoxicated by their own job titles and quirky socks.

[@aviator1787]

i have been "quitting my job" for the past three years. in other words, paying things off, reducing costs, and pursuing passions on the side. finally the risk level of leaving is where i'm comfortable peacing out next month. and even then it's a bit scary. but i'm grateful to my former self for laying that groundwork.

[@emmacassady4518]

This is actually good advice

[@strictnonconformist7369]

The best way to leave a bad past behind is to create a good future ahead.

[@Militaizi]

How did it turn out?

[@DatabaseDan]

Assumption 3: You actually have a passion for something. I'm well into my 30's and starting to think I'm not wired for one.

[@contagioushate]

Yep! Or like me, I'm passionate about lots of things but only for about a month at a time and then I get over it. Or trying to monetise things I love doing but as soon as it becomes an obligation it becomes stressful and I cant bring myself to do it. Yeah.. great advice for ADHD brains. Or, do everything! 3 jobs and a side hustle! Then burn out 6 months later.

[@iliveinsideyourhouse3943]

I'm 17 and I still haven't found "passion", only hobby.

[@emem2863]

If you don't yet have a passion, just aim to find work that you enjoy or you don't hate. I think the biggest issue is that too many people stay stuck in jobs and relationships that aren't healthy for them, which slowly take away from their quality of life. Not everyone needs to be passionate about work or life. Aim to not be miserable and that is good enough.

[@iliveinsideyourhouse3943]

@@emem2863 Yep. That what I'm doing. I just gotta find and do some jobs that doesn't makes me miserable, that's the only thing I'm looking for.

[@jrob07105]

You nailed it. I admittedly have an allergic reaction to the word “work”, but not being born into a trust fund scenario means I have done nothing but work since I decided to drop out of high school after deciding that people who were working for a living were having more fun than I was. Long story short, all of the “crappy” jobs I’ve done ever since have taught me more about myself and my potential than my time spent in therapy. I love to write and I do pursue that in my spare time, but if nothing comes of it monetarily, that’s just fine. I enjoy working with my hands in the manufacturing trades and get so much satisfaction from it that it never gets old. So my “job” existence is low risk while actually providing as much satisfaction, if not more, than my passion of writing does.

[@7hilladelphia]

Brilliant and well written too !

[@mynewworld1357]

Thank you so much for being a man who seems to communicate his feelings...thank you for showing this very human side of you!

[@nicholasmackey]

“Im surrounded by people who are intoxicated by nothing more than their own job titles and quirky socks.” Holy shit. 😂 Thankful for you, man. I love your insight into life.

[@indiabilly]

Just returned from a 12 hour shift at a job I hate and the only thing that has cheered me up is a struthless video, love the story telling and the honesty xx

[@WhoisGhetto]

"starving for significance" is the funniest phrase I've heard all week

[@starrio713]

This video literally changed my view on this whole “quit your job, pursue your passion” thing! If you find your job miserable, try to save as much energy and learn more things to make the best of it during your work days while building your side hustle whenever ur free. It could be hard, but that should be the way it is, not just directly quitting a job that makes your ends meet.

[@pipapontoni]

I don’t have a passion or a job right now. But I’m watching this.

[@mrwhips3623]

@@kinzakuroi how do you live then?

[@zakiazmi7457]

Me too bro..lets high five & cry 🤣🖐️

[@randomuserame]

@@kinzakuroi devote all of your spare time to figuring it out. I'm at the place where you fear ending up. Its significantly harder to figure things out when you're you're out on your luck. I liked the job I had but I was spending my life to earn less than I was worth, and to be treated as less than I deserved. I'm materially worse off, but psychologically better off. But only you can decide if thats worth it for you.

[@tekknorat]

@@mrwhips3623 I also want to know that, how do these people, who doesn't have job, live.

[@nina777_doit]

but the boss, what a guy. was seeing beyond all that, even offered him a job, that’s true greatness. even the most terrible jobs can be fun and inspiring if the boss is great. you can have a good job but the boss is an asshole and it will be hell on earth.

[@shadowsilverlight1651]

yeah, pretty mess up he trashes his boss after he admits his boss helped him and then after that still offers him a better position...and crybaby turns it down.

[@awab.9570]

But you should never do a job just because of a „boss“

[@nina777_doit]

@@awab.9570 we are talking here about if you already have a job.

[@awab.9570]

@@nina777_doit yeah I know

[@nina777_doit]

@@awab.9570 the best is to have no boss at all 🙂

[@nhmooytis7058]

Had a friend in the ‘90s who followed his bliss. Lost his job, wife, money.... OTOH in the ‘80s I quit a big money law job to manage bookstores and was very happy-til my car was 20 years old, my cat was 16, both needed constant repairs, and I was really really tired of ramen. Ended up in the ‘90s a professional proofreader who was writing a novel on the side. Never regretted leaving law, I hated it. Now I’m retired on a small Social Security check, but have been traveling Downunder for 3 1/2 years, where my US $ goes further, and finally finishing the dang novel. I’m happy which is what counts.

[@letsplaysquire3257]

Thank you for the simple line of "..can be insulting to people that don't have it that easy.."

[@annab.5052]

You are absolutely right! A job/career does not have to be your whole life -- supporting yourself while doing what you love is how 99% of life works. Nor does any job/career promise immediate and sustained happiness -- you will have a long life and things change. You ALWAYS have to consider the good and the bad in all situations. It is only by living and experiencing much that you crave out a life -- whether it be good or bad is a matter learning what needs to be changed and how you are respond to that challenge.

[@MSH12391]

"Assuming a certain level of freedom, go all out in both directions so that you can learn your limits, then make a base level of income to meet your needs and the needs of your dependents, while using the rest of your time to pursue something that excites you. Ideally this something would be high risk and high reward, and you'd work in the direction of creating a life where you have the option to say no to things that drain you of energy. Reassess your limits and aims as you grow as a person." is my new favorite copy-pasta in response to "quit your job, and follow your passion."

[@grayovercast]

This is what I'm doing. I have my day job and a side gig. One day my day job will be my side gig. Then gone. Or not. I actually have a job I like. In the past I have not though.

[@buck_shot4197]

I quit my job and followed my passion now I'm stuck doing only one thing i love. I love to do too many things unfortunately i will not be paid for what i love to do the most which is nothing.

[@suzistellie4346]

Nothing is my fav thing to do too

[@b__w_4565]

DIVIDENDS AND CRYPTO STAKING!! LOL

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

lool

[@gingerbreadboy]

The phrase I hate is ‘do what you love and you’ll never work a day’ Absolute nonsense.

[@hidekiryuga2096]

It's true though.

[@gardenlarder]

Not always nonsense. My last business never felt like work at all, it felt like constant entertainment, it was like a fun thing that I would pay for in different circumstances, I loved every second of those years. I am hoping this new business I am just starting will be the same, and so far it is.

[@hidekiryuga2096]

@Jenevieve Majoor lmao if you're lazy, yeah I could see why having to do something constantly could be a drag Jobs have off days you know

[@gingerbreadboy]

@@gardenlarder But it was still work and you probably still had to work at it to make it viable? For example if your an artist who sells prints online, you don’t just create a piece then suddenly money appears. You have to create and maintain a website, you have to make decisions about print options and order the prints then send the prints out etc. Another example, if your chef, you don’t just make food at home then money appears, you have to run a successful kitchen and I’m sure we’ve all seen how stressful that can be. Loving what you do doesn’t mean it’s some easy life without any hard work.

[@gingerbreadboy]

@Jenevieve Majoor Yeh man, I bet Struthless loves how these videos turn out and the creativity behind the idea but hates the editing and uploading process, I know I do:

[@rea1le]

It’s crazy I’ve landed myself in a bit of a depressive episode over this problem; I’ve never watched your channel before but I feel like I was meant to see this video- it’s like someone has just stopped me in my sadness and panic to sit me down and talk to me frankly about exactly what is scaring me. It feels super cathartic- I love your energy and I love your honesty. Thank you.

[@AB-ld1rp]

YOU HAVE NO IDEA how much I appreciate your reworked version of that catchphrase. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@joelp5093]

Worst piece of advice I’ve ever received: “It’ll all work out”

[@Lior__plays]

Sad but true

[@pHixiq]

I’m 20 and growing up hit me hard. I realized that If I want to succeed it was solely on me. And also things don’t just “work out”. You have to set up things to make them work out 🤣. I agree it’s very bad advice

[@dinidusamaranayake3266]

fr

[@missmatti]

I have so much to say about this! I did this several years ago and it was a mistake. I was desperate to do something different. I was viltering away in an underpaid customer service job that didn't give me energy or enough money to focus on what I wanted to do. Around me I had people trying to figure things like me, naysayers, and people who said advice like this (but maybe had savings accounts because they were paid 6 figures, trust funds, rich partners etc.) I think the advice I would give people like me back then would be to find a less draining part-time job and to not feeling stressed about my business taking time to build. We are sold so many stories of quick success but slow and steady are more often the route to success. I think just quitting your job requires strong clarity of where you are going and what you are building (as well as privileges.), otherwise I would advise a slower & less risky route to start with.

[@UldisZalcmanis]

Slow and steady, so true. Building something substantial and sustainable, becoming a master at something typically takes time. And, if you can't pay your bills, you just become impatient and desperate, that's all.

[@ridwanmayaki4400]

Thank you

[@ridwanmayaki4400]

@@UldisZalcmanis thank you too

[@ErnestThe]

This showed up on my feed and I was like "great, another guru here to guilt-trip me for not wanting to be homeless so I can monetize my hobby" and then on a whim I clicked it and I was like "finally, a sane person on KZbin". Thanks for that, dude. 👌🏻

[@parabatai2521]

At "it can also be insulting to people who don't have it that easy" I opened my arms in gratitude. There was no way for me to just follow my passion, I had to choose a career that gave me (and my family, and my future) the best possibilities. I said 'maybe I won't be able to completely follow my passion, but my children will'. Many people don't understand this. You do. Thank you so much.

[@valerieblomquist1253]

I’ve also pondered this bad advice throughout my college years. I’ve come up with “use what you have to build a life you love.” For me, I love being a mother and I have a very hardworking husband. When I was in college I thought I would have a long and successful career and my own business before I settled down. Things change. Together we are building a family, and hopefully in a few years a home for our family! And we love every second of it.

[@mouldypretzel]

In my nearly 20 years of working a supermarket job, I have learned more about people than I ever did from School, my own friends or even from my parents. I have a much greater insight into people I choose to draw in and those I should avoid

[@azka-dg1vl]

you've actually summarised the type of advice i've been looking for ages at this in a single video! loved it!

[@hansgrobes5480]

Like so many around the world right now i am having a pretty shit time. I quit my job last year to be a stay at home dad while trying to start my own business. During this time my wife left me and took the kid. You will never know how much your videos have and are helping me. I am forever grateful for your videos, advice and the bravery of putting yourself out there in such an honest and transparent way

[@LillySchwartz]

Frankly, having that corporate job experience in the past is a great motivator to "make it" with pretty much anything else! I never wanted to go back to THAT, so I worked triple hard so I never have to take another corporate job again. So far I've been dodging the corporate world for 15 years, fingers crossed I can keep it going for another 30!

[@UldisZalcmanis]

Yep, sometimes you need to experience the pain to make it your motivation

[@gauchequizon]

same boat! i used to work at gucci, ysl, but quit (so done with retail) and now i'm trying to make it work. quit sep 2022 and i'm confident

[@YooperCountry]

Love this video! Recently quit my job and working toward my passion. Happier than I have ever been...but I have no dependants...no debts...and am working harder than I ever have...loving every minute of it!

[@laurenmcgehean]

absolutely love the new phrasing. so often we see these pieces of "advice" that can honestly be so toxic, really appreciate you taking the factors a real person might have to consider and spinning this. great work as always

[@gabriellaberglund3651]

Kinda like when people say ”work with something you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” or some crap like that :)

[@CatharticCreation]

I agree. Even doing the things i love is work at times. I mean, there might be some people out there who never feel like they're working doing what they love but that isn't the reality for the average person. life requires a work ethic. birthing a creative project can be painful but very rewarding. giving birth might be a good analogy for that.

[@GPadugan]

that one wasn't from self help gurus, it was from the Corporate CEO's. You see this all over the millennial office environment. they will often have an ethos of "work should be fun" this tricks you into thinking you love what you do. This way you do it more and for less. work is work, fun is fun. don't ever conflate the two; this is a recipe for disaster. Even if you are you're own boss. creatives have a hard time pricing their work, because they love it and this leads them to do it for free or for way less than they should.

[@tracik1277]

At age 19 (which is very long ago), I was told by one of my bosses that each hour I work earns the (small franchise) company £45. I was paid £5 an hour. I have never felt comfortable working for pay since then and did a lot of voluntary when I could to fulfil needs of being useful in the world. I preferred not being paid to being paid to have the piss taken out of me. Also I can’t stand being told what to do.

[@rainiminiatures2184]

i think work should be something you're comfortable spending 8 hrs a day doing and passion is something you genuinely love, like dessert/sweets should never be your staple food to make you full, but if you love rice/bread, then go for it. For different people it's different.

[@MartinParnham]

@@GPadugan Absolutely spot on. I try and explain this to people all the time and just get blank looks or people saying that it's a negative view. Sometimes when people have a job they purport to "love" and say things like "I don't see it as work" I often think "well, then you're an idiot!"

[@themetalhead1463]

Spot on! Following your passion can lead you to disaster. Even if it works out, once your passion becomes your job, it is no longer a passion.

[@1H4NDC14PP1N6]

I LOVE that revised definition. It really spoke to me right now. So much so that I stopped to take a photo of it

[@ArtGraphicsHub]

I used to be frequent on art forums and this advice was spouted by a lot of professional artists. I don’t think I could have worded the problems with this advice as well as you. The one thing I would add is following your passion can lead to burn out and despising the passion you had.

[@CherokeeRoses]

You are super inspiring and down to earth at the same time, which is a golden combination.

[@denisblack9897]

“Genre of self-help” Lol this is so true, self help is like watching boring tv-series, you learn a lil bit, but mostly waste time

[@JairaZeck]

waste of time if not applied

[@rethreadedvintage198]

Your wording > Your message > Your brain > Your content > You are appreciated!!!

[@ladyseshiiria]

I was always told to keep your job until something better comes along.

[@NandiniGupta1]

Proof that your phone is always listening.... Never came across this KZbinr (hello! Loved the video!) but was talking about resigning my job last night... Voila just what I needed. Creepy but thanks

[@nhmooytis7058]

TURN OFF YOUR MIC DUDE.

[@natarajanshanker5103]

Exact same thing just happened to me

[@WoolyPronto]

This was so good! It's one of those uncomfortable truths. In my first corporate job, I measured men's dress shirts for three months straight, and came home to my furniture-less apartment every night to sit on the floor and dwell on the outrageous college debt I had acquired only to end up in an absolutely shit job in a grey cubicle. Now I can recognize that I learned way more through that experience than if the job had been moderately less shitty. It's just a lot harder to realize that when you're in it.

[@AlanaisCool12]

7 7th

[@valery7363]

As a lost 16-years-old, this is some solid advice. Thanks a lot man

[@cheneesocuano5170]

This really helped me to be guided again in my purpose of resigning in my current work. Thank you so much.

[@anoushkanoller6909]

already at my crap job and i like to use the suffering as a motivator. dying at 6am gives me motivation to work on the passion in the afternoon/evening. i’m lucky my manager is great and he’s also, like you, a 30 ur old that wants to help 20 yr olds get through the shit he’s already experienced. otherwise i would’ve quit 2 months ago. glad i didn’t, it would’ve just slowed me down. cheers for the vid

[@princess6271]

Struthless, this video's content could make an excellent tedtalk!! Maybe it'll bring you greater success and open up new doors for you if you try to do it!! Because alot of people need to hear this, seriously alot of people, and they'll really appreciate it and you'd have saved many people from taking a bumpy road and in the meanwhile it'll also enlarge your audience and subscribers!! I mean you have so much to say and it's so meaningful and like legit the world needs you to be heard and famous Idk, I hope this comment finds you smh✨ anyway thank you so much for these videos seriously they help alot

[@nikolasgray1940]

DO IT CAMPBELL

[@jai2kai]

Excellent Idea!!

[@TheWriter1995]

I love this!!! Such a perfect combination of humbling realism and encouragement!

[@gilbert.420]

hey struthless, you’re very inspiring. being an australian, doing something like place you worked. i am absolutely fucked off and pissed, i feel so numb and i have no clue what i wanna do in life.

[@PurpleHazel]

You're doing something now... Maybe not your ideal, but something. Finding what you want to do in life is a constant process, just keep striving towards doing stuff you like/ that allows you to sustain your lifestyle. You're doing great Lil Saurus, don't give up!

[@theArtofKessey]

@@PurpleHazel Thank you

[@modaecriacao]

You do know what you want to do out of your life! remember things you used to do back when you were a child like playing video games etc (you can be a game design for instance) and also things you used to do when you were a teenager. After 10 years in coorp jobs I decided to quit, came back to my belooooved home country (irony here, I still hate Brazil ♥) went back to uni and am now studying fashion and interior design ... and it was the best choice i have ever made!! good luck ♥

[@stuartjohnson6822]

Probably one of the best videos I’ve ever seen that actually means something. Thank you

[@justinarmbruster3960]

I almost exclusively read self help books and this 10 minute video has taught me much more than the countless books I’ve read in a fraction of the time. Bravo sir!

[@MadebyNoa]

Came to this channel for the art but staying for the self help

[@renata.mcelvany]

Underrated comment 🤣

[@JamesGWall]

You're so good at breaking things down and bringing a realness to something.

[@nicholasbestevaar6064]

So true! My day job has provided me great stability while I’ve been rebuilding myself from the ground up. Soon I’ll be ready to start building my passions up, rather than naively expecting my enthusiasm to carry me to success. 🙂

[@Mouserocksnerd]

Liked for the humiliation of that article lol . Seriously though, this video like all your videos, was really awesome and I really appreciate it. My current job is putting me in a similar situation, where the expectation is you work extra, skip lunch, and it's physically and emotionally demanding. I've worked for this company for a long time and it's not getting any better. I'm left too burned out to do any of my creative side hustles or projects. This advice is very wise in your approach to "quit your job and pursue your passion"

[@robdog114]

I hate my office job. I don't even have a title that reflects what I do. Management is toxic. I can't get promoted until someone retires, but I keep getting more and more responsibilities well outside the scope of my title. I'm on a hamster wheel, underpaid and overworked in the same cubicle. All day. Everyday.

[@GoTourNZ]

It's my experience that in the sayings "Follow your bliss", "Follow your passion", most of us speed past the most important word in each of those adage - "Your" and rush on to the juicy bit.. Dream / Bliss / Passion. For simplicity's sake let's take Your to mean You. The Bliss / Passion meaningful to You. To answer the question, or to take the advice, you must define You. But which you? The you that gossips about your friend behind his/her back? Or the you that helps that same friend when they're truly really in the shit? The brave you? Or the chickenshit you? The kind you, or the selfish you? We've all been them all. The advantage of following your passion is that it's the fastest and most effective to leant about the complexity of what we call "Me", and what what fabulous, Olympic level self-delusion machines we all are. 😁 It's not for nothing that the Greek philosophers said "Know Thy Self." Live YOUR Dream. Just make sure you know who You is first... But don't worry, you'll learn along the way. Have a ball...Don't get lost in The Story..

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

I've often thought this, but you've put it better than I ever could.

[@kandyappleview]

"Olympic level self-delusion machines" ha! that's a phrase that's going to stick with me.

[@furrylittlepeach]

A v interesting perspective !!!

[@loluthought2953]

Very **

[@boobies8658]

@@loluthought2953 lol

[@flamingaish]

Ery

[@gfernandez54]

Your closing slide is awesome; it has no negative words!

[@brookewarrington1263]

I loved this video :D After college, I pursued jobs that I would love, which sometimes required a sacrifice regarding commute and/or income. My philosophy was that even though I was just getting by financially, I still enjoyed going to work every day and found value in what I did. When I stopped enjoying going to work, or felt like I maxed out on my potential, I started seeking another job. I have other hobbies and projects that are very difficult to monetize, so flexibility while working was also the ultimate aspiration of mine. I knew the "quit your job and pursue your passion" wasn't really going to work for me, partially because I wasn't very interested in monetizing my hobbies/interests. After many years, I finally found the perfect balance. I do contract work I love that also allows me to work my own schedule, and in my free time I pursue my hobbies and side projects. I feel like sometimes I get judged for this arrangement for some reason, but I'm truly happy and financially secure, and I took a lot of risks to get there. Your long statement at the end is so true - you can have both a job and a passion, and they don't have to be mutually exclusive either. Thanks so much for making this video! :)

[@marthentik]

To me the best part about quitting my job was the time off it gave me. I gained more clarity, slowed down, examined what choices I was making because of the social pressure vs. what is that I actaully want for myself. Very insightful indeed!

[@zakiazmi7457]

Agreed..im just quitting my job, due to shitty management plus overwork and underpaid..this moment make me slow down a little bit, which can be called 'resting from worldly thing' 😊

[@marthentik]

@@zakiazmi7457 Great stuff, cheering you on!

[@alkalineburrito]

I go through phases at work where whenever it gets overwhelming, I do imagine a life path where I am working my passion, but then I get over it in 2 weeks & keep waking up to that 9 to 5. This video reminds me that I could do both! :D

[@thebrinksf69]

Very true. I tried doing that and failed miserably and had to go back to getting a job I didn't like. My life has been a series of jobs that feed me and cover expenses, but that I never like while taking the money to feed my passions which means I sometimes do what I want. While i've come to the idea that my relationships are a big part of life, because what good is any of life without enjoying it with people? I still feel like I'm constantly battling to get out of my current life to live a life of ease, passion, and with people.

[@samanthacook9648]

2021 and my head is swimming with ideas.... which is great!... but I am a realist. This has been the refreshing perspective that I needed. Thanks!

[@mirko4568]

Thanks mate, I've made this decision last year because my former job in IT wasn't the right place for me. It made me sick and I've lost all my creativity for weeks. I felt terrible. The only chance I had, after unsuccessfully seeking opportunities to stay in the company was going my own way. I retrained via distance studies and online classes to become a Multimedia-Design. I've ever since been passionate for movies and design. But now I'm struggling to find the right employer. My family doesn't believe that I'm gonna make it but I do Whatever It Takes to make this change in my life. As an introvert and empath, it's probably the most challenging time but I won't give up. There are so many people struggling the same way, we shouldn't ever give up on our dreams. Thanks for your videos, they give me some inspiration and even more motivation to continue walking this path.

[@CheeCheeMcFee]

I'm literally in this position right now. Have been for years, but as of recently I finally have a direction and a plan for my illustration career. The only problem is, my chosen job, English as a Second Language teacher, is sucking up so much of my time and energy. So much planning and preparing, plus I'm freelance so paperwork and taxes to keep up with. I'm lucky though, but sometimes it feels like I'll get nowhere with the little amount of time I can dedicate to it. But thanks for this video, I feel like I've found some extra strength :D

[@ellapayne66]

goodluck!! im wishing u all the best for ur illustration career :) xoxo from a fellow aspiring artist

[@artangel23]

English teacher and illustrator here too! It's a struggle - good luck to us :)

[@Stuckin92]

As someone who did this last year and miserably failed at even starting on all the ideas and art I had in my head, that I thought my job was preventing, I’d say he’s BANG on point. I’m still jobless, almost exhausted my savings, and considering going back to my toxic job (which I was right to quit, but I underestimated what it takes to turn an idea or passion or hobby into a career). 😔 Now I can’t seem to care about my previous career n resent my passions too.

[@krisztinagaal8437]

The reason why I'm not exactly in this very same position is that I'm keenly aware that this will happen to me as well. So guess I'm gonna be overworked and underpaid for a while longer, trying to get better at my passion in those very limited hours I'm left with until I die of a heart attack before I can reach retirement age.

[@tymondabrowski12]

Maybe first try to find a similar job in a less toxic environment. It's not always possible but worth trying, you might not need to choose previous toxic work OR dream job. Especially now that you can feel even more resentment to that job. And you can try to get hired temporarily sometimes to prolong the time to look for actual job. Just some ideas. Good luck!

[@Poester370]

I felt this video. In the United States, work is tied to health insurance, and that's super important. If you can't get that, you're screwed if something happens. You can't just leave without the benefits tied to work. It doesn't make any sense to just leave unless you have the privilege of support.

[@patrick.e.mmanuel]

Wow. Before I watch the video, I got an ad that literally opens with "QUIT YOUR COLLEGE, QUIT YOUR JOB"

[@papaya2957]

well... i went to a EXTREMELY horrible school when i was 13 and now im 14 and ive learned HEAPS 1. reacces ur needs 2. dont judge yourself 3. and all the things you actually said in the end ! SO EPIC AND HAVE A GOOD LIFEEEEEEEE

[@deviousj5868]

"Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life." - Wayne from Letterkenny.

[@joshwillingham4592]

Funny thing is, from the people I've seen talk about turning something they love into a career, that quote is bullshit. Work is work. No matter what you do, there will be tedious, exhausting, and restrictive elements. Many times these are enough to kill the passion for what someone once loved, because now it's an obligation. Best case scenario is usually you end up with something that you enjoy sometimes, really don't like other times, but gives you at least some sense of satisfaction and purpose.

[@asmrroller5612]

I have always felt a little uneasy and uncomfortable with "quit your job, follow your passion" and I've also quit many jobs thinking that I would then follow my passions, but usually I would spiral into self doubt and depression, having ultimate freedom and no promised steady income would loom over me until I would start desperately seeking a new job. To this day I mistrust some of my aspirations while thinking every single day about how I'd like to move away from the city where I've lived all my life as soon as possible! I somehow believe that somewhere in my sometimes manic desires and dreams can be linked up to my drive, and if I strengthen and apply a interest level to these desires and my drive then maybe just maybe I will get /somewhere/ I guess I like to focus on the phrase "it's the journey, not the destination" and think to myself whatever happens, something will happen, and take a zen perspective to find a center within myself amidst all of my analyzing and seeking.

[@b__w_4565]

why dont people know about crypto staking and dividend stocks? or rental properties for passive income so you can then take time outta your crappy job to either continue building the stocks up or real estate up. yes you will have to work for maybe 5-10 years depending on the kind of saver you are but you will be retired at 30 or whatever the 10 year mark is!

[@alaricgoldkuhl155]

Too true. It has been my responsibilities to the clone in my basement that has prevented me quitting my job all these years...

[@frankfl8599]

omg thank you! i'm literally living this moment in my life rn

[@ajvaldez42]

I'm literally hooked on your videos since I watched the first one today. Thanks for sharing!

[@tobitis1010]

I got a wacom one on Christmas and I felt like my partner was trolling me. I’m one of those typical filipino kids who got talked into nursing coz it’s my way out of the slums of Manila. I’m grateful though that I’m now living and working here in NZ as an ICU nurse but I sometimes I think about my passion of drawing and comics. The thought of quitting my job sometimes visits me but I think about my frail old mom back home. And so the only thing I can do is persevere and continue and on my free time I try to hone my skills on digital arts hoping on better stabler times, I’d get to pursue something that truly excites me. Thanks man for validating what’s going on in my life, atleast I know my temporary time in this place goes for naught.

[@ConnorandAlan]

Not the content I’m use to seeing from you but as a finance youtuber I really enjoyed it! You have a way with words and I would really like to see you explore more topics outside of sketches! Great vid!

[@JoanOfArgghh]

This is awesome. The rephrasing really is everything-- and what a great change-up pivot in the video. I ell-oh-elled!

[@yusefandrews6620]

My goodness did I like how this video ended and is on par with what I'm doing. I thought this was gonna go the don't quit your job and just wait until thing get better route and try to convince you you don't need to work in your passions or the either or route. Thank you for this. Wish i saw it earlier

[@abrahamlincoln6619]

Those clones in the basement will eat you out of house and home everytime. Lmao. Great insight, glad I found your channel.

[@youngandprofitingpodcast]

This is an incredible, hilarious, and somewhat scary story. Loving the call to match your passion to something that drives value -- it's essential for self-fulfillment and being a functioning member of society as well. Breaking down the catchphrase into definitions was perfect, a really great breakdown. - Hala

[@benwalker6530]

Short military career, 10 years into a corporate (engineering) job when I quit. I tried to sell outdoor clothing but it was a major flop! Luckily we still had some money so we requalified into a different type of engineering. The time between quitting and pulling some new money in got pretty dark, we had to cut back on a lot of stuff and everyone thought we were nuts to give up on what they thought was a primo life (they didn’t know it was pushing me closer to the brink). We took loads of cruddy jobs to build up from nothing to running a small business that basically funds the lifestyle we wanted, when we work we work hard and earn well so that the periods of time without work can be as long as possible. Utmost respect to the youtubers and bloggers, it’s not for me, I think it takes so much focus and effort to build and maintain a fan base large enough to attract support. We looked at it as “what are we good enough at to get paid for? How can we maximise the pay and minimise the time?” Nice vid man, honest appraisal.