Is it difficult to work doing what you love?

I graduated from college and got a job at a pretty big company, but I was bullied by my boss and seniors within the company, and treated unfairly by my juniors.
I liked the job and was interested in it, but within the company, it was an environment where people liked by my boss were promoted over those who worked, and I was able to choose a job I liked. I thought it would be difficult and painful for me to keep working there, so I retired around June of last year. Actually, I wanted to quit sooner, but due to social conditions, department changes, etc., the timing was right. Since I was a student, I wasn't blessed with relationships, such as being bullied by my classmates and being treated unfairly by my teachers.
After I retired, I got a job again, but I didn't get used to the job or company, fell into poor health, and became self-loathing.
After all, is it difficult to work doing what you love?
Rather than forcing yourself to become a full-time employee, it would be ideal if you could earn money by doing what you originally wanted to do or were interested in as a job, but realists don't work very well. I've graduated from college and I'm still in my 20s, so if I can still work as a full-time employee, I think it would be better to work, but it's not easy to get the job I want.
Which way of thinking should I live my life?

5 Zen Responses

It's difficult.

When you do what you love as a job, you can't do it just because you like it, and it becomes difficult.

Even though I liked it...

I've seen many people who say that.

More than that,

Do your best at work for what you love

I think the feeling of liking them will last longer.

As I continued based on what I could do, I fell in love with it, and I fell in love with it.

I think that's ideal.

A work environment where the mind can be at peace, and a place where relationships are even a little easier.

Thank you for your consultation. The stumbling blocks in relationships that have continued since I was a student, and the unreasonable treatment since I went out into society made me feel really painful. First of all, please take care of yourself, who has endured so well until now.

“Do you want to do what you like at work” or “take stability?” There is no right answer to this because it is a choice between the two. In Buddhism, there is a teaching that sees the world we live in as “inhospitable earth (nido),” that is, a world we must endure, but this does not mean “keep putting up with it in an unreasonable environment.”

If you are currently bound by the social system of “you must not be a full-time employee” or the ideal of “having to do what you like,” and that is causing suffering, why not let go of that “should” for once.

Work is simply a way to earn a living, and it is a great choice to first search for an environment where you can stay calm and a place where relationships are even a little easier as a “shelter.” You can also develop what you like little by little in the form of a hobby or side job after your mind is well.

I'm still in my 20s, and I can choose my path over and over again. Don't drive your heart into black and white, and prioritize your own peace of mind first.

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Engiji Temple Shakujo

Being hired is a job that sells labor

In order to be hired and do a job you like instead of being self-employed (starting a business on your own), you need your labor force to be bought by a company.
In other words, the company is a customer for you, so being liked by people at the company is also part of your job (sales).
Ramen shopkeepers love making ramen, and no matter how much they can make delicious ramen, they won't prosper if customers don't like it due to price and customer service included.
Therefore, in order to continue doing the work you love, you need to become a product that people at the company welcome you.
Bullying and power harassment are of course evil, but you need to be prepared that the professional world isn't sweet in any genre, whether or not you can be seen as a “worker” who doesn't want to be bullied or harassed by your colleagues or superiors.
Being able to continue working every day is important, so for example, in a state where you get tired every day even if you continue for 1 year or more, it may be impossible in terms of ability.

Work is work, hobbies are hobbies

I think it's a good idea to do both work separately as work and hobbies as hobbies.
If your work becomes rewarding as you continue, it will become a hobby, and if you can earn money from your hobby, it will become a job. However, if you start earning money from hobbies, you won't be able to enjoy your hobbies, so there are also people who don't earn money from hobbies.

Thank you for your question.

What is important is
It's not about whether you like it, or whether you're a full-time employee,
It means you can choose a way of life that you can continue without destroying yourself.

It doesn't matter if you are a full-time employee.
It doesn't matter if you're not a full-time employee.
It doesn't matter if it's a job you love or a job you don't.

There is only one path you don't have to choose.
That is,
It's about living while continuing to blame yourself for “it's my fault.”

My experience so far has not been a failure.
Not because you were weak.
This is the result of trying to properly move away from a place that doesn't fit.

From now on,
Rather than searching for the “right choice,”
Please cherish “choices to live your own way from now on.”

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