Don't do what makes you happy. Do this instead.
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the passion mindset is the mindset that says you should focus on what the current thing you’re doing offers you. is it offering me enough? or is something else gonna offer me even more? am I loving this major? or with that major I’m really going to enjoy it more? is this job giving me the things I really like to work on? or that other job would give me even more excitement, even more fulfilment?
constantly thinking me, me, me—what’s being offered? what can offer me more?
this is a dangerous mindset because the answer to “what is this offering me?” is always “less than something else could be”
Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.
it’s constant anxiety that you’re not doing the right thing, which leads to constant quitting and shifting, which leads to dissatisfaction and all sort of negative consequences
what you should be doing instead is lifestyle centric career planning
you fix a clear vision of what you want your life to be like 5/10 years from now
specific, visceral—what’s the rhythm of your day-to-day life? what’s happening to your life outside of work?
what resonated with you from magazines or documentaries or books? things that made you say “oh, I’d want that in my life”
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work backwards from that— how do I move my life in that direction?
your work becomes instrumental, it’s not the end goal of your life, the only metric of fulfilment of your life
your work becomes just one of the levers you have to pull in order to get closer to your desired lifestyle