Doing Things We Love

Have you experienced the same thing like this meme? It happened to me in college year. There was this one teacher, passionately teach what he love, and love to teach. I ended up picking all his classes for the rest of my college year — after I knew how he teach.
I also had friends who love to code. Needless to say, these people, influence me so much that now I really enjoy programming. Positive vibes around discovering something new, optimizing anything, those good feelings never let out of memory.
Hey, I’m not gonna talk about coding. I’m talking about endorphins released when you do something you love. That hormone, dude, is like morphine. Triggering positive feeling and the after-effect is euphoria, addictive — leaving us want more.
First I discovered it in coding, then in weight training, then in endurance cardio. Recently, I found that morphine when I started writing. Finishing a post or an article leave you satisfactory feeling that leave you want to write more. Want to finish more. And more of that, after some time, I just don’t want to finish more, but make it better.
Coding? Not just finishing it. Make the code more efficient and less complexity. Run faster, less bug, cover more edge cases, better design. Oh, you should feel the euphoria when you finish something with near perfect quality, after long review discussions, fix bugs, and rewrite code for better pattern. We often say “zero debts!” with proud when we commit and push that code.
Weight training & workout ? Not just lift, add more weight gradually, increase intensity. At first, when I started it, I felt my muscles was all burned, and out of breath. After some time, the muscles recovered, and when I start again, I was surprised that previous weight doesn’t feel anything anymore. My muscles are getting stronger. I can do pushups more, run longer and faster, using heavier weights, more sweats, and the burn feeling.. I enjoy it. It becomes the reason I go to the gym more frequently now, I miss that feeling.
Writing? Not just write. I start to make my articles more enchanting without losing its soul, and easier to relate to beloved readers. No matter if actually no one read it, but I’ll make sure that when someone do, I will make sure he/she enjoy what he/she reads. When you click that publish button, after editing and checking everywhere, thousands time rereading it, that is heaven on earth.
Doing what we love is what makes life worth living for.
