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I woke up to this question on my Blackberry screen: Does anyone actually love their jobs? In my Monday morning state of mind I answered:


Jobs are like men. You date a few (or a lot) assholes, you learn your lessons and then you find the man you truly love. And you’re so good with him (or the job) because 1- you truly appreciate them (the man or the job) and 2 – you have experience.

Oh, that tricky little thing called experience. What a concept. You truly cannot get to point B without going through point A. In my 26 years of life, this is what I have learned. You might hate your job, dating, doing triple spins or whatever you hate, but you should do it anyways. Eventually you get better and it prepares you for something better. Maybe we focus too much in why we hate our jobs/guys/school to actually see things for what they are: A stepping stone (take advantage!).

Only in my Monday morning daze I can appreciate all of these things. The jerks I dated taught me not to settle, the bad jobs have given me great experience and those triple spins? They taught me how to trust myself and let go.