Can work make you happy?

Do you think work can make you happy?  It's possible.  I have read that you have to find your passion and make that your career in order to have true happiness in your profession.
As we know, life is about choices.  If you chose a profession where you can make the most money, or that is the most prestigious, the likelihood that you will be happy doing it, decreases.  Studies repeatedly show that volunteering, donating to charities, and socializing with friends and family are linked to personal happiness.  Studies also show that people who prioritize wealth are less likely to engage in those actions.

Even more important how you chose to allocate your time is directly related to your potential for happiness.  You have to try to

"expand your time. Unlike money, time is inherently scarce. No one gets more than 24 hours per day. In fact, there is a bidirectional relationship between time's scarcity and its value: not only does having little time make it feel more valuable, but when time is more valuable, it is perceived as more scarce. To increase happiness, it can make sense to focus on the here and now —because thinking about the present moment (vs. the future) has been found to slow down the perceived passage of time. Simply breathing more deeply can have similar 
effects.


In one study, subjects who were instructed to take long and slow breaths (vs. short and quick ones) for five minutes not only felt there was more time available to get things done, but also perceived their day as longer"
Plus, happiness at work is directly correlated to productivity. (see graph above)