{"id":2496,"date":"2020-09-26T02:08:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T00:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2025-04-18T21:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T19:49:12","slug":"how-to-work-for-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/de\/how-to-work-for-joy","title":{"rendered":"Work for joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2496\" class=\"elementor elementor-2496\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66a61bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66a61bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6e3512\" data-id=\"b6e3512\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca2fba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca2fba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3817\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/de\/how-to-work-for-joy\/nadine_pics-for-the-gram-web-export-144\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9NadineWilmanns&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;X Nadine Wilmanns photography How to work for joy&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3817\" alt=\"work for joy ladder and shoes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7263f01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7263f01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Words and Photography by Nadine Wilmanns<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d71881 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d71881\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-269f64b\" data-id=\"269f64b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4852b3 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d4852b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#deutsch\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Klick hier f\u00fcr den Text auf Deutsch oder scrolle weiter nach unten <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6e41ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6e41ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Work for Joy<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-234f66a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"234f66a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Is your job something that you would have as a hobby, too?<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, I had an interesting interview with Linda Stark, a singer who is as well a songwriter for other artists. I had noticed that she kept her website for her project as a singer called \u201cLiLA\u201d separate from the one as a contract songwriter. So, I wondered, whether she purposefully distinguishes between the two. Yes, she said: \u201cLiLA is what I do entirely for my own joy.\u201d For LiLA she doesn`t care about all the rules that she would follow when writing songs for someone else. &#8220;This music speaks from my heart and it suits me&#8221;, she told me. &#8220;And if I can`t think of something to write for half a year, then be it. LiLA is my baby and one of my top standards is: no pressure.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45cca18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"45cca18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Entirely for my own joy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9e88db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b9e88db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I found that super interesting: The same activity \u2013 songwriting. For others \u2013 then it`s \u201cwork\u201d, for oneself \u2013 then it`s \u201cjoy\u201d. Don`t get me wrong: she didn`t say or mean, that she doesn`t find writing for others joyful! But her \u201cLiLA\u201d project is ENTIRELY for her joy. Which means, without any external pressure or requirements. Only she needs to like it. If it`s well-received, that`s brilliant, but if not, it`s nice anyway.<\/p>\n<p>In this respect, the saying \u201cDo what you love, and you will never have to work again\u201d can`t always be readily applied. I have often thought: What is wrong with me \u2013 why do I still perceive work as \u201cwork\u201d, EVEN THOUGH I do what I love. But it isn`t so easy as the saying makes out to be \u2013 at least that`s how I feel. The same activity can be perceived as work when I have to perform for a business, maybe with a difficult boss or with difficult morals. Or as joy when I do it for myself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d307af elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"6d307af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;arrows&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;image_spacing_custom&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:20,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;image_spacing_custom_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;image_spacing_custom_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 von 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img class=\"swiper-slide-image swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-71.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dog. How to work for joy\" \/><div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 von 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img class=\"swiper-slide-image swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-145.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"traces of dust and paint on floor. Work for joy\" \/><div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 von 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img class=\"swiper-slide-image swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-70.jpg?fit=1000%2C562&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"work for joy dog behind ladder\" \/><div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 von 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img class=\"swiper-slide-image swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-72.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dog paws and shoes. How to work for joy\" \/><div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b62752 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5b62752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Freedom and Play<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5048e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed5048e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When I was employed as a pattern cutter in London, I would do patterns for my own project after work until late at night. That didn`t bother me at all \u2013 quite the contrary: I was already looking forward to it on my way home. It would not have crossed my mind to keep on working after 6 o`clock if it would have been work for my boss. The same activity \u2013 but entirely different joy levels.<\/p>\n<p>I did enjoy going to work, but rather because of my fun co-workers than because of the work itself. Yet for my project, I was full of ideas and energy. There was freedom and play in my \u201cwork\u201d. I wouldn`t really care very much about whether I could earn a lot or a little. Or whether a lot of people or only a few would like my stuff.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec2472b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec2472b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nothing has to, everything can<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a24e482 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a24e482\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What I have noticed though: It`s much easier to think that way, when having a money-making second source of income. If nothing HAS TO, but everything CAN. That means, being entirely independent of external opinions and financial success. That doesn`t mean that there will never be difficulties or frustration, anxiety, or disappointment. But that the joy will outweigh all that so that I won`t take so much notice of this other stuff. And so that these unpleasant feelings won`t \u201cnest\u201c in me.<\/p>\n<p>For me, this blog is a little joy-project. And I always want to photograph \u201efor my own joy\u201d. If I should notice that this is changing, I hope that I will pull the plug and stop doing assignments for a while. My joy in doing photography is just way too important for me to lose it over it being a job. And sooner or later, I want to revive my fashion project \u2013 and take good care that I will do it \u201centirely for my own joy\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf5f530 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf5f530\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"deutsch\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee8dccb\" data-id=\"ee8dccb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c64a5a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c64a5a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3817\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nadinewilmanns.com\/de\/how-to-work-for-joy\/nadine_pics-for-the-gram-web-export-144\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,563\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9NadineWilmanns&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;X Nadine Wilmanns photography How to work for joy&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?fit=1000%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3817\" alt=\"work for joy ladder and shoes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nadinewilmanns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nadine_pics.for_.the_.gram-Web.Export-144.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ad542a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ad542a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Zur Freude arbeiten<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd50c0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd50c0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ist das was du beruflich machst, auch das, was du privat gerne machst?<\/p>\n<p>Vor einigen Wochen hatte ich ein interessantes Interview mit Linda Stark, einer S\u00e4ngerin, die auch Lieder f\u00fcr andere K\u00fcnstler schreibt. Mir war aufgefallen, dass sie f\u00fcr ihr Soloprojekt \u201eLila\u201c eine andere Webseite hat als f\u00fcr ihre Arbeit als Auftrags-Liedermacherin. Ob sie beides so streng voneinander abgrenze, habe ich gefragt. Das hat sie ganz entschlossen bejaht: \u201eLila ist das, was ich wirklich ganz zu meiner eigenen Freude mache.\u201c Da seien ihr die Regeln egal, die beachten m\u00fcsste, w\u00fcrde sie f\u00fcr einen Auftraggeber ein Lied schreiben. Es sei Musik, die einfach aus ihrem Gef\u00fchl spreche und die zu ihr passe. \u201eUnd wenn mir mal ein halbes Jahr kein Text einf\u00e4llt, dann schreibe ich eben keinen. LiLA ist mein Baby und eine meiner ersten Pr\u00e4missen ist, mir kein Druck zu machen.\u201c<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdfceb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fdfceb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Zu meiner eigenen Freude<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caa599d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"caa599d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Das fand ich interessant: Die gleiche T\u00e4tigkeit \u2013 Songwriting. Einmal f\u00fcr andere \u2013 da ist es \u201eArbeit\u201c -und einmal f\u00fcr sich selbst \u2013 da ist es \u201eFreude\u201c. Jetzt darf man mich hier nicht falsch verstehen: Sie hat nicht gesagt oder gemeint, dass ihr das Lieder schreiben f\u00fcr andere keine Freude macht! Aber ihr LiLA-Projekt macht sie eben GANZ zu ihrer Freude. Das hei\u00dft v\u00f6llig ohne Druck und Vorgaben von au\u00dfen. Nur ihr muss es gefallen. Wenn`s gut ankommt, gut, wenn nicht, ist`s trotzdem sch\u00f6n.<\/p>\n<p>Und insofern ist der Spruch \u201eTu was du liebst, und du musst nie wieder arbeiten\u201c nicht so ohne weiteres umzusetzen. Ich habe oft gedacht: Was stimmt denn nicht mit mir \u2013 warum kommt mir meine Arbeit wie Arbeit vor, OBWOHL ich doch mache, was ich gern mag. Ganz so einfach, wie der Spruch es sagt, ist es aber eben nicht \u2013 zumindest geht es mir so. Die gleiche T\u00e4tigkeit, kann ich als Arbeit empfinden, wenn ich sie beispielsweise f\u00fcr einen Betrieb mache, vielleicht noch mit anstrengendem Chef oder schwierigen Moralvorstellungen im Betrieb. 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How to work for joy\" \/><div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeaf0d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eeaf0d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Freiheit und Spiel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7676420 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7676420\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Als ich in London als Modellmacherin angestellt war, habe ich nach Feierabend oft bis nachts \u00fcber Schnitten f\u00fcr mein eigenes Projekt gesessen. Es hat mir \u00fcberhaupt nichts ausgemacht, noch so lange da dran zu sitzen \u2013 im Gegenteil: ich hab mich schon auf dem Weg nach Hause darauf gefreut. Das w\u00e4re mir nicht eingefallen, wenn es sich um Arbeit f\u00fcr meinen Chef gehandelt h\u00e4tte. Die gleiche T\u00e4tigkeit \u2013 aber v\u00f6llig andere Freudenlevels.<\/p>\n<p>Zwar bin ich wirklich gern zur Arbeit gegangen, aber eher wegen meiner netten Kollegen, als wegen der Arbeit an sich. F\u00fcr mein Projekt dagegen war ich voller Ideen und vor allem voller Energie. Da war viel Freiheit und Spiel drin. Es w\u00e4re mir auch einigerma\u00dfen egal gewesen, ob ich damit viel oder wenig Geld verdient h\u00e4tte. Oder, ob meine Sachen vielen oder wenigen Leuten gefallen h\u00e4tten. \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca3e80a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca3e80a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nichts muss, alles kann<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe0eae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbe0eae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Was ich festgestellt habe: Es geht viel leichter, so zu denken, \u00a0wenn man noch ein anderes, geldverdienendes Standbein hat. Wenn nichts MUSS, alles nur KANN. Das hei\u00dft, dass ich wirklich v\u00f6llig unabh\u00e4ngig bin von der Meinung anderer oder vom finanziellen Erfolg. Das hei\u00dft nicht, dass es nie Schwierigkeiten, Frust, Angst oder Entt\u00e4uschung gibt. Aber dass die Freude an meinem Projekt so sehr \u00fcberwiegt, dass ich die unangenehmen Dinge gar nicht so sehr wahrnehme und die sich gar nicht lange in mir breit machen k\u00f6nnen.<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr mich ist dieser Blog ein kleines Freuden-Projekt. Und ich will auch immer \u201ezu meiner Freude\u201c fotografieren. Wenn ich merken sollte, dass sich das mal \u00e4ndert, hoffe ich, dass ich da ganz schnell die Rei\u00dfleine ziehe und nur noch Prints verkaufe, keine Auftr\u00e4ge mehr mache. Daf\u00fcr ist mir meine Freude am Fotografieren einfach viel zu wichtig. 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