Don’t Do What You Love
Following your passion may be a risky career move. Unless your passion is rare or a common one that’s in demand, you may be in trouble. Chances are you share the same passion with a lot of people, who will be competing with you for the same small number of decent paying jobs. Even if you get your “dream career”, it may end up being a lot less dreamy than you originally thought. You could get treated poorly, have a low salary, and no job security.
Sometimes, finding contentment is simply getting whatever job is available. Being an expert at something as mundane as car parts is more likely to create passion than a career with unlikely odds.
If you want career contentment, make passion secondary to the following characteristics: