Do we have to love our work?

Passion or love doesn’t have to be part of the work/job equation. The value of work is that you get paid to do it, not that you’d do it even if you didn’t get paid. It even bothers a lot of other writers that my main reason for being a writer is that I get paid to write. Sure I like it, but I don’t like it more than my other hobbies. Writing can be difficult, exhausting when it’s done well, and leaves you a little beaten up (or at least it does to me).