Realising two things I believe are true - 1) that we have to do what we love, and 2) what we love might not be the same as our jobs.
So taking that view, great if we can transform our passions into our careers (e.g. would be cool to be a pro mma fighter or DJ) but it is not realistic for all. Otherwise we can turn our high paying jobs into tools which allow us to spend our spare time doing what we love to the fullest.
I think coming to the realisation that after sinking everything to this career, I don’t really have any hobbies or passions of note besides going to the gym, going out with friends, the occasional holiday, spending time with family. I enjoy these things very much and is extremely meaningful to me, but they’re things everyone loves to do universally, not true passions (i.e are just part of life).
So wondering for everyone what is the thing that makes you feel alive and gets you up in the morning? Or similarly, anyone feel amongst the routine and comfort that there is something missing in life? Both questions probably been asked to death on this forum but still keen for the latest
I’ve also been feeling like missing it up lately and moving cities but I know even though it is worth doing if I get the chance it is ultimately novelty and temporary fulfilment
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Creating shareholder value.
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tip my landlord
buy fragrances
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Not the biggest tom ford fan.
I stick to the niche fragrances world like amouage, xerjoff, ex nihilo, Clive Christian, Kilian, nishane, MFK
If you’re a guy - check out tom ford ombré leather. That’s a fan favorite.
Honestly, I really like it and wear it when wearing a suit. Tom Ford fragrances are generally really high quality. Anyways, you can easily overspend on fragrances imo.
Being present for my loved ones. Rest of my life right now feels very bleh / meh. Glad that I can at least do that and love being there for them.
Amen
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Judging by some of these responses here, it looks like most people don't have much going on besides work, drink, sleep, eat. I would say you need a purpose to really live life to the fullest, otherwise grinding for your job will eventually burn you out and you'll soon realise you spent 10 years grinding for a job that will replace you instantly. I think you absolutely need to have hobbies to make life fulfilling, pick up a sport, kickboxing, BJJ, hiking, mountain biking, literally anything that makes you excited for the weekend, other than to sleep and eat.
For me personally, I love motocross, try get out at least every 2-3 weeks and going gym and maintaining a physique your proud of will absolutely make you get out of bed in the morning, have a solid diet. Try to go to church, live a life i would want my kids to follow. If your only in your job for money, you will absolutely hate your life in the long term, and honestly, it will never be worth it.
I go to the gym 4x a week for (2.5 hours each time). Getting into better shape, gotten a few comments in recent months since starting 4 months ago so I guess the gains are visible to others too (after a good pump, my arm is starting to show veins which it never did before).
Not that career oriented as many on here, work ~50 hours a week but dislike my job. Feel stuck given the job market but am glad I'm at least making low 6 figures in my first post MBA job, a salary range I never hit pre-MBA.
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Golf, run, travel, drink with friends, spend time with loved ones.
Work is work. It gives me the means to live my life. I don’t think of it beyond that.
Winding up my family. Always good fun
Surf
Rockaway only has 6 months of warm weather surf :(
Gotta move to SoCal!
house music
To provide a serious answer:
I am constantly working to minimize time spent working and maximize time spent doing the above things. I pissed my 20s away living in cities I hated working idiotic banking / PE hours doing nothing but going out to bars and restaurants and I was absolutely miserable.
Now I live where I want to live and do one of the above basically every day.
Thanks would you mind sharing which cities you lived in that you disliked and where you now are that you enjoy?
Manhattan / Boston. Now the PNW.
NYC is an absolute hellhole and anybody that lives there voluntarily past the age of 25 is a sociopath. I shouldn't say I hated Boston - I just don't like cities in general.
my brother in finance jesus. I do not have time to pursue such trivial matters as fun and leisure. What am I a hollowed out shell of empty dreams and pointless pursuits? There's money to be made. First thing I do is I pray the Money God, then I go make a ton of monies dollar points. Only ever increasing more monies dollar point can fill the nebulous expanding black abyss that is the metaphysical representation of my soul.
But you know, other than all that, I'd really just want to travel a bit more, read a bit more, and not suffer the perpetual anguish of trying to draw forecast lines in varying degrees of up & to the right
Just being outside in nature. Hiking, biking, and fishing
I would love people cheering my name and adoring me. Young women fainting in my presence. Stuff like that.
Crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their women
Studying theology, and worshipping the only one true god.
One must understand what/whom you believe in, not because you were born into a specific belief system.
All praise is due to god.
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I wish I could get paid to walk around cities it’s my favorite free hobby
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