Tao of Zahir

A good friend of mine told me she was going to live poor as long as she was happy. This got me thinking; i don't want to live poor, but I don't hate happiness?

I was brought up to believe in two extremes. One honorable life of living humbly. Saving for the future, and buying things that will accumulate wealth instead of decreasing it. The other is the ugly idea of working shorter hours. Traveling and buying things irresponsibly at a whim. However, rarely is life so black and white.

My peers and I have been told time again and again that "you should find what you are passionate about and the rest will follow." Wealth, happiness, and the rest. This should be the goal in life. The problem with this is that I doubt that the gentlemen cleaning the bathroom is passionate about it. Hard work is needed to succeed in any field and it is not always enjoyable. I don't believe that physics would be amazing even if all you do is think about time travel and worm holes.

So what are we left with? If your job lower paying job that you loved at first sucks now and you can't afford to change it or much else; what to you do next? That is the idea I have been wrestling with.

My answer hit me today. I don't want to worry about buying my next meal; I want to save for the future; and I like buying something that I fancy. And I like the idea of working hard to achieve something; seeing the fruits of my labour come to fruition.

So in my mind the key is to find a reasonable job that has the characteristics that you enjoy. For me that the ability to work in new countries, learn new things, and to be social To see that I am making a deference in the work is optional but something that would be great as well.

Maybe a diplomat. Diplomatic immunity would be soooooo amazing. Now that I have an idea of what I want to do, I just have to get the job :)