Dave Kashen explores what "love what you do" really means: whether it's only doing things you already enjoy, or choosing to find enjoyment through presence. He examines how we defer fulfillment to future milestones and how desires for joy and peace get coded as money and status.
What comes up for me when I hear that is like the phrase love what you do. Like everyone's like, I want to love what I do, which also has this double entendre. Does that mean I only do things that I already love or that I choose to love what I do? Yeah. Or enjoy what I do. It's like, do you just do things that you enjoy or do you add enjoyment to the things you're doing by actually being present and doing them? I think there might even be a third interpretation of are you willing to have what you want, which is sort of like, are you willing to believe you deserve it? Like, I think most people believe they have to become something they're not already in order to have what they want. And they're like, literally, like, if you really look at your life, most people— and I, I relate to this for much of my life— it was like, it's coming soon, right? It's like almost there, right? Like, at that next milestone, then I'll deserve it, then I'll have it. Yes. You know, and the ultimate it is really peace and fulfillment, but we code for that money, status, success, you know. But if, you know, you ask 5 whys, like, people just want to feel joy and peace and excitement.
