Another thing, long-running...
Ever since last August, I've been working at a horse ranch. It's just part-time. I muck the stables. The job was found for me through a service that gets work for people with disablities ( I'm... rather severely bipolar and have a very hard time dealing with human beings. When humans are frustrating, I get frustrated and usually end up crying or in some kind of semi-violent rage. Working with animals - well-mannered horses - is something I can handle and do well at). I am tempted, sometimes, to feel sorry for myself because it seems that the only job I've been able to do well at is a lowly, dirty job that doesn't pay much and is often the kind of work that people hire illegal immigrants for. I *love* my job (I love the sweet horses), but it isn't a job that carries respect with a lot of people. It's unskilled labor. I work with poop.
A thing that makes me feel good about my job is thinking to Link in Twilight Princess. He started out doing ranch work and became a Hero. Also, I think about Ocarina of Time and Malon, Talon and Ingo - how they worked and lived humbly and liked it.
I know it's kind of stupid, but thinking things like "Hey, I'm like TP Link" as I work makes me feel good.