While there’s definitely some truth in this old cliché, I think it’s also misleading. I love much of what I do, and I’ve worked plenty of hard days in my life. Meaningful work can still be exhausting, frustrating, tedious, and occasionally make you wonder why you signed up for it in the first place. Loving the mission doesn’t mean it will never feel like work, only that the work will be worth it. Anything worth doing will leave you with some bloody knuckles along the way, and even the most motivated people occasionally need a pep talk and a reminder that they GET to do this.