what to do when you hate your job

here's some advice i got from a college friend of mine after complaining about my waning interest in my job

Anyways, sorry that your job is still seeming like "work"..my suggestion if for you to adjust your expectations downward...and if you still seem unhappy, do an additional downward adjust. Keep doing this until you realize that your job is "awesome!". This should do the trick for about 2 years at which time you and your new wife will be read to start a family. At which time 9 months of excitement will produce a very needy infant that will be a huge responsibility and require every single minute of your time and concentration while you are at home....which in turn will make going to your job seem like daily "mini-vacation" from the stress of homelife and you will wonder how you could ever think you didnt' like working.

seems pretty reasonable to me.