I love my job, and yes, I am thrilled to go to work tomorrow, but yes, after I leave work, I will say the stress of the day does not leave, and it does take away my free time.

I am not a waiter, but have waited tables, and it is exhausting. I have also been a farm worker, harvesting flowers, peeling bulbs, and picking berries…nothing like standing calf-deep in mud and cold water while you get hailed on.

I have learned that simply changing the phase “I HAVE to go to work tomorrow” to “I GET to go to work tomorrow” can make such a difference.

I have also learned if your job does not match your passion, it is time to consider a career change. If you don’t have a mission and heart for what you are doing, it is time for a change. It is that mission for my job that keeps me there, because I believe in what I do, and I steer clear of politics and focus on the job at hand. At the point I can’t do my job to affect my mission, I look for a new career. I have done this a few times so far in my life.

Another big thing…don’t let anyone else take away your dream. There are many miserable people in this world who would do just that. Bottom line is my employment works for ME. If it does not work for ME, I “fire” them as soon as I can and find something better. Life is too short to be driven down into the muck by a job!

Maybe a little late to respond, but YES. I am one of those people who love my job. Not every aspect or every day. But overall I enjoy going to work.

And I say this as someone who has been spit at, threatened, screamed at, sworn at and called every name in the book on a somewhat regular basis. I say that as someone who is surrounded by burned out, negative, completely surrendered and soulless coworkers.

Despite all of that, I do love my job. I love it because I know that the way I do my job matters, and I can see the difference I make. And like you say you have about “90 people who hate you and don’t want to do what you tell them to do”. I have about a hundred that resent or hate me, and 400 more that I have to convince to do what they’re supposed to. What I love about my job is that eventually, I get most of those people to try harder, see things a bit more positively and do what they’re supposed to. Which usually means drastic changes to their lives for the better.

Most of my coworkers hate their jobs. I just decided early on that I was going to love my job and be passionate about how I do it. The pleasant result of passion is it makes you really good at things, which earns respect and better results and that gives me even more reason to love my job.