It might seem semantic to make a distinction between 'earning a living' and 'making a living', but this Kurt Vonnegut quote got me thinking:
Sure, it might sound a little bit.. “dance like no one’s watching…”, but words matter, and I do think there’s something significant in the distinction.
‘Earning a living’ makes its incumbent upon you to scrape together the means to subsist, and essentially to justify your existence.
‘Making a living’ encourages you to ‘make life more bearable’ as he puts it.
It asks that you be active in creating the conditions of your life, improving on what you’re given and to making your experience the very best it can be.
Only one of these two asks you to look at the world around you and find the raw materials needed to make a better one.
