What a wonderful thought. It can be true. I periodically give myself a test to make sure I'm doing what I love. This was a book I read years ago and its message is still valid. I was reminded of this theory while speaking to my cousin last night. After an "incident" with the microwave she is now subject to hair extensions, eyelash extensions, eyebrow tattoos. That brings me to a story she told me.
She was telling me about the woman who created her eyebrow, eyeliner tattoos and glues on her eyelashes. She asked this "artist" how she got into this line of work. The artist told her that her entire family is amazingly artistic. Her brother has a successful career as an artists. They are all in the art/creative biz somehow. She was bragging especially about her brother's talents.
My cousin asked if she, too was an artist. She replied, "I was a house painter. I was VERY good. I can paint well but didn't want to work outside in the heat and wanted more freedom to pick my schedule. I discovered something about myself, I can paint straight lines VERY well. I'm really good at them and like painting straight lines. I thought about what kind of job could I have that would allow me to make money painting straight lines. I read about someone who was getting into tattoos for salon types of uses - not the artistic type. Eyebrows, eyeliner, lipliner. These were all straight lines. I could do this and set my hours. Perfect!
This is the perfect example of doing what you love.You might enjoy this this book if you are in search of actually doing what you enjoy most for a living.
Best of luck!
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