F**k it - Do what you love - John C. Parkin
Career Change Book Reviews
F**k it. Do what you love - John C. Parkin
What’s in it
Yep, time for another book about doing what you love. For a living. Or on the side.
So, what's different about this book? Well, refreshingly, it doesn't aim to make you search for your 'passion' or 'purpose'.
No, it actually dedicates an entire paragraph to have a rant at that.
Why? Because when you're already confused about what you should be doing with your life, the last thing you need is to be told to go in search of that 'passion', or your 'why'. You need to get unstuck first!
And the answer is: by doing something you love.
Compulsion, is what John C. Parkin calls it. What you feel compelled to do. Which requires you first of all to really tune into yourself. Channelling into the free existence you had as a child in a long hot summer holiday with a whole day, or even whole weeks in front of you. By - on occasion - feeling bored (remember bored?).
And once you've got that idea of what you love to do it starts telling you how to monetize that. Which is where the book stays broad.
Because no one's journey is the same. And what feels right to you now might not feel right in a couple of years. And that, my friend, is absolutely OK!
Why I like it
Passion. I used to hate the work with a … passion, yes.
‘I am passionate about governance’ is what people used to say. At which point I could only JUST stop myself rolling my eyes.
So to hear someone give passion a right kick up the … is refreshing.
I’ve said it before and I will say it again. Passion is highly overrated. Let’s get thinking about the ‘small’ things. You know, what you like doing for starters.
Passion (big P)? Too big a question.