What a post man, this is exactly what keeps you going in your startup.
Loved the quote from Andrew Warner's interview. Balancing the two things out and differentiating between vision/ambition and day to day happiness is a powerful concept.
You taught me a lot there, thanks Joel! :)
Cool post. Same applies to me. I want to build a startup which require money to complete, so i started freelancing to fund it. After one job, i could not take it any more. I don't just like working for people. Prefer to be my own boss..
This reads like taken right out of Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Mihaly-Csik..., a book that has had tremendous effects on my day to day life. Actually trying to enjoy the stuff we do everyday, however menial it may be, makes us happy. This simple yet extremely effective idea has changed my entire view of the world to be honest. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!
Thanks hucker, that book has gone straight into my list. Very keen to read it, as even though I wrote the post and am convinced of the concept, I feel I've only touched the surface with this kind of thinking.