Following Your Joy is a Waste of Time

You’ve probably heard that you should “follow your bliss” or “follow your joy”. And it sounds like a great idea, at first. It makes sense. Until you have no answer to the question: “What makes me feel joy?” That’s a really interesting place to be. Not being able to think of anything to feel joyful about. Not being able to think of anything you could do that would make you feel joy.

So, where is your joy? I mean, you can’t follow it if you can’t find it, right?

But even for those who can think of things that make them feel joy — following…