Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr., sage of simple wisdom, once declared: “Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.” In this truth lies the ancient law of joy in labor—that when the heart delights in its work, the burdens of time vanish, and the days themselves grow richer. For the one who dreads his job lives only for fleeting weekends, but the one who loves his task finds every day a gift, each moment infused with purpose.

The ancients knew well the difference between toil and calling. The farmer who delights in the soil, the craftsman who finds beauty in his tools, the poet who feels life surge in his verse—they lived not in exile from their work, but in harmony with it. For them, labor was not punishment but blessing, not a weight but a rhythm. Thus, to “add five days” is to transform drudgery into joy, where each sunrise carries promise instead of weariness.

This saying also warns against the sorrow of misplaced labor. To grind at a job without passion is to live in bondage, where five days of the week are endured and only two are cherished. Such a life shrinks the spirit, teaching the soul to count down hours instead of embracing them. But to discover labor that aligns with the heart is to expand time itself, so that every day becomes as precious as the rest.

In Brown’s words there is both command and comfort. He urges all seekers to search for their true place, for their craft, for their work that does not consume but uplifts. And he comforts by reminding us that joy in work is possible, that the days need not be divided between exile and freedom. The path may be long, but once found, such labor makes the week whole.

Let the generations remember: the secret of a full life is not to flee work, but to find work that brings life. Then each day becomes a feast, each task a hymn, each moment an offering of joy. This is the teaching of Brown’s words: to seek not merely a way to earn, but a way to live, for in loving your labor, you transform all time into blessedness.