Do what you love to do because you want to do it. You can’t focus on the outcome, the money, the attention, or anything else external to you. The reward is in the doing. Whatever else results from doing what you love doing is a bonus.

We often make the mistake of trying to turn what we love doing into money. We churn ourselves up in a horrible cycle of frustration and pressure, and eventually what we love doing stops bringing us the joy it once did.

There’s no denying that the ultimate lifestyle would be to earn money whilst doing what we love. We get stuck in the idea that if we can’t make an income from our passion then there’s no point even trying. Or that our gifts are worthless because they can’t be converted into cash. We bury ourselves in our jobs, we neglect to do what we love, we go along on an unconscious ride and then one day we wake up and realise how miserable we have become.

Unfortunately, money is a necessity. We must earn money, but that is not all life is about. Go to your job and enjoy it as much as you can. When you’re done for the day, go and chase your passion! On the weekends don’t sit around in a drunken haze, wishing for more days off. Find out what gets you fired up and do that with your time. Give yourself the opportunity to find out what brings you joy and saturate yourself in it.

Once you start using your time away from work this way you will feel more and more inspired.

Where the pursuit of your bliss will take you is not important. What matters is you are choosing to do what you love.

And from a place of love, anything is possible.