All the career influencers have lied to us

As a college student, I used to read posts of career influencers saying, "Do what you're passionate about" or "You're going to be working for 9 hours a day, so you'd rather do the work you love". I think this is a lie.

I majorly got influenced by these influencers in college. I used to think, oh man, I'm going to find a job that perfectly fits my personality because I can't be doing what I don't like doing as a full-time career. I will find my dream job.

The first job that I did, I started hating it because I went with the notion that I'll only do a job that I like. I started searching for jobs I'd be very passionate about.

But now, I've come to the realization that there's no job you're going to completely like. Even if it's your passion. So you'd rather start loving the work that you do instead of searching for the work that you'd like.

I have also been facing this issue of "grass is greener on the other side". Because I hated my job so much, I thought every other person had a cooler job compared to mine. I have been confused about my career for a long time. Today it hit me; it was because I was never happy at where I was. I would only look at other people's jobs and job profiles and think they had a better job than I did.

Maybe when you go to the other side of the fence, you'd realize that every job is as good or bad as your previous one.

Just wanted to write down my thoughts here. I hope I could pass on what I was feeling.