Grain & Gram have posted their latest feature and I highly suggest you take it all in. They focus on Orlando woodworker Blair Sligar and his workshop Hog Eat Hog; inquiring greatly to the personal history and process of making the pieces. Reading through the interview you can tell the man is passionate about his undertakings. This stuck out to me as a valuable bit of insight we could all keep in our heads:

I really like to explore and create and design. I hope that my clients appreciate the type of work that I do and come to me for that. It’s what my shop is built on: not doing whatever comes through the door just to make money. I am not the right person for some jobs. I am going to stubbornly keep hammering away at what I do even though I could probably make plenty more re-facing cabinets and building laminate kitchens. But I am not interested in that type of work. I’m committed to creating furniture and sculpture in a unique way, and I think that sets me apart from other shops.

Be sure to switch out "facing cabinets and building laminate kitchens" for whatever dull work your day job may contain but you get the general point. Do what you love.

So, get to reading.