Life's Pleasures Quote by Alannah Myles

There’s a hard-earned bite in Alannah Myles’s warning, the kind that only lands when it’s delivered by someone who’s lived inside the machine. “Make sure you love what you do” sounds like a motivational poster until the second clause swings in: “or it will eat you alive.” That pivot turns aspiration into survival advice. Myles isn’t romanticizing labor; she’s naming its predatory side, especially in creative industries that sell glamour while running on exhaustion, rejection, and constant self-exposure.

The line works because it refuses the softer myth that talent alone sustains you. “Love” here isn’t a cute passion-project vibe; it’s the only renewable fuel in a system designed to extract. The industry doesn’t just take time and energy, it takes identity. When your job is public-facing, your voice and face become the product, and criticism starts to feel personal because, in a way, it is. That’s the “eat you alive” part: the slow erosion of boundaries until the work consumes the person.

There’s also a subtle indictment of hustle culture hiding in the simplicity. If you’re doing it for prestige, money, or external validation, the emptiness shows up fast, and the grind turns cruel. But if you love it, you still suffer the same pressures; you just have a reason sturdy enough to keep you from mistaking that suffering for a verdict on your worth. In three plainspoken beats, Myles turns career advice into a mental health perimeter.