"Be realistic. You have to survive." This is the advice we've inherited, the one we repeat to ourselves when passion stirs, the one we'll likely pass to our children if we're not careful. It sounds like wisdom. It's actually fear dressed in practicality. The belief underlying this is that survival and fulfillment are incompatible. You must choose between paying bills and doing meaningful work. Passion is a luxury. The rest of us trade our hours for money in work that slowly d