2 Easy Ways to Love Your Job and Never Work a Day in Your Life

In my opinion, there are 2 easy ways that people can follow to achieve a better job and enjoy their work more.

1. Find a lower stress job with more personal meaning

Sadly, this usually means a pay cut. But if you are so miserable at your current job that you think you’re wasting your life, maybe this is something you should look into. Frugality can mean more than more savings, it can also give you the freedom to work in careers that mean more to you. Perhaps just in your current field you can find a role with a better environment, better boss, better hours, co-workers you enjoy.  All these things combined can make a huge difference.

2.  Be good at your job

A lot of people are mediocre at their job, and make no effort to improve at their work. If you are really good at what you do, there’s a lot of leeway. You will get better work assignments, more interesting projects, more autonomy, more control over your schedule. If you have a hobby or passion project, maybe you can become so good at it that you’ll get a new career. Perhaps instead of investing $5,000 into the stock market, you should invest that money in a class or certification that will get you a better job. The returns to human capital often dwarf the returns available in the capital markets.

I believe being Financially Independent gives you an awesome negotiating position.
- Living paycheck-to-paycheck means that losing your job will cause you to lose your car, get evicted, run into debt, etc.
- Having an emergency fund means that you could work on finding a better job for 3-6 months.
- Being Financially Independent means that you don't have to do anything if you don't want to, because you have the money to support you and your decisions.

We're all gonna make it.