A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/a-life-beyond-do-what-you-love/?smid=fb-share By GORDON MARINO MAY 17, 2014, 2:30 PM 426 Comments E-MAIL FACEBOOK TWITTER SAVE MORE Student advisees often come to my office, rubbing their hands together, furrowing their brows and asking me to walk along with them as they ponder life after graduation. Just the other day, a sophomore made an appointment because he was worrying about whether he should become a doctor or a philosophy professor. A few minutes later, he nervously confessed that he had also thought of giving stand-up comedy a whirl. As an occupational counselor, my kneejerk reaction has always been, “What are you most passionate about?” Sometimes I‘d even go into a sermonette about how it is important to distinguish between what we think we are supposed to love and what we really love. But is “do what you love” wisdom or malarkey? In a much discussed article in Jacobin mag...