Throughout my life I’ve been bombarded with the mantra of “the dream job” from school to everyday conversations with loved ones. Find a job that where you love what you do and are passionate about, that’s why they call it a “dream”. I’ve always wanted to be one of those people on Getaway where you get paid to travel and talk about it.

But if you really get down to the nitty and gritty of it all, a dream job is a potentially dangerous concoction of passion and employment. A job is employment to help us financially live while passion is a barely controllable emotion and desire that essentially identifies with us. To many, it’s become an illusion where people search for a job that they can enjoy every second of it. However, some people become dissatisfied and unfulfilled once the search for this concoction is over.

Some people get so caught up with high expectations and the dream aspect that they forget that at the end of the day, a job is a job where it involves its hours, its politics and the money. People who love their careers, found their happiness from their attitude and how they choose to be happy.

I’ve realised that I could get paid to travel the world and talk about it but may never consider the consequences such as homesickness, the long hours and the reality of what a job consists of. I can travel without the job aspect of it, but if I can dedicate myself to prioritise my self-worth rather than letting the job define my happiness, then why not?