A “labor of love” is work done for its own pleasure rather than chiefly for financial reward, which seems squarely on point.

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of Love” is most apt for work that has intrinsic, non-monetary value (or is expected to)–acting at a Renaissance Fair, cleaning a park, doing genealogy, tutoring children, or writing a book, say. What works for someone that does not just a job at a zoo to meet attractive women, job at a Walmart greeter to combat loneliness and depression?