Why do you like your present job?

In fact, we can decompose the elements in the problem. The so-called like, that is where the interest lies, so we have the first keyword: interest, and the second keyword: the occupation we are currently engaged in.

Because I am interested, I have engaged in related occupations, and I have constantly gained freedom and happiness from them. Of course, there is another key word as a link, and that is-being good at it.

If you are interested, you may not be good at it. If you are good at it, you may not be engaged in related occupations. For example, I like ball games myself, but I'm definitely not good at them, and even if I play basketball well, few people become professional athletes. In fact, when we choose a career, there are too many factors to consider, some from ourselves, some from our families and some from the outside world. Needless to say, everyone who has experienced it knows.

In short, a considerable number of people gave up their original ideals for various reasons and chose careers they didn't like very much, but more or less retained some of their previous interests. They only found that they had lost their passion when they made some impossible assumptions, shook their heads and sighed, or suddenly wanted to relive their old dreams at some time or recalled the past after a meal.

Of course, this period of time can only be called "hobby" at most.

So in the end, there are really not many people who really get freedom from professional work, realize their dreams and feel happy.

In fact, among the above three keywords, two or the intersection of interest, expertise and work is very good, which is enough to make you comfortable in a certain field. For example, although you are not an athlete, you like to play ball and play well, which can definitely add a lot of color to your life; Although I'm not interested, what I do is related to my outstanding ability, and I can definitely stand out; Or, although not good at it, you can still get spiritual satisfaction by choosing a career according to your own interests.

If you are very interested in a certain aspect, and are willing to pay time and energy for it, the prize will be changed from "interest" to "expertise", and you will stick to your original heart and be unmoved by foreign things and engage in related work, then congratulations, you are lucky, and it is only a matter of time before you achieve great success. At that time, your "expertise" will evolve again, benefiting all living things, while the small one will be in one. Such as our great researchers.