love it or lose it

Today, I was invited to be on a panel of entrepreneurs who could speak to ups and downs of self-employment, for students who are in the current run of the self-employement course I took last year. Among other things, I said that they'd better really love what they're doing because being self-employed means hard work and long hours. I know what I'm talking about...

I sat at my computer for a solid fifteen hours yesterday, and another twelve today. My back and my left shoulder are killing me, I'm not getting nearly enough sleep, and I may never actually view "Italian for Beginners" which I rented last week. Working this hard at anything else would be excruciating. As it is, however, apart from the aches and pains, I'm loving it. I'm creating beautiful posters for the kids I've been working with all year. It's taking FAR longer than I imagined but it's so rich a process, I can't resent the time. If I weren't under deadline to do seven days' work in three, I'd be in heaven. If I didn't love it so much, I'd surely have lost it by now.