> find something you can tolerate that makes money.

That has different answers for different people. I've had this conversation several times:

- Them: "You work hard? Try working as a mechanic/builder".

- Would you like to change with me?

- Nah, I couldn't keep sitting 8h doing mundane office work day after day.

I'm a programmer, but I also helped build a building so I know what is hard physical work. It typically gives more satisfaction than programming, but programming pays better.

Yeah I didn’t give that enough nuance. I should have said do what you love to the extent that it can make you a living. The novel writer works as a technical author. I wanted to write games for the Acorn Electron when I grew up. Writing Typescript for web applications ain’t a bad second.