“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life” is an old saying. “They say do what you love and the money will follow”  is the start of a joke that has been printed on many images
   
“‘Do what you love & the money will follow.’ So I ate some pizza, smoked a blunt, played Madden, & took a 4 hr nap. And now, I wait…” was posted on Twitter by jon donofrio on August 28, 2012. “They say do what you love and the money will follow… I ate a pizza, drank a beer, took a nap and now I wait” was posted on Twitter by Swedish Canary on March 6, 2015. “They say ‘Do what you love and money will follow’. So I ate cheesecake and drank some wine.. now I wait ” was posted on Twitter by Paulina H E on November 28, 2017.
 
The saying—at least in “cheesecake and wine” version—probably originated from an image.
 
     
Twitter 
jon donofrio
@HiYourJon
“Do what you love & the money will follow.”
So I ate some pizza, smoked a blunt, played Madden, & took a 4 hr nap.
And now, I wait…
11:02 AM - 28 Aug 2012
     
Twitter
Heretic 🇮🇳
@iDarkastic
Do what you love & the money will follow.” Ate some pizza, harassed a telemarketer, & took a 6 hr nap in my underwear. And now, I wait…
4:41 PM - 28 Aug 2012
     
Twitter
wiseasswastaken
@wiseasswastaken
“Do what you love and the money will follow.” Ate some pizza, harassed a telemarketer, and took a nap. And now, I wait…
6:11 PM - 13 Dec 2012
   
Twitter
Rachelle Chapman 📎
@FollowRachelle
“Do what you love & the money will follow.” Ate Chinese food, went shopping, & hit up the club. And now, I wait… #realtalk #monday
5:11 PM - 9 Sep 2013
 
Twitter
Swedish Canary
@SwedishCanary
They say do what you love and the money will follow… I ate a pizza, drank a beer, took a nap and now I wait.
5:19 AM - 6 Mar 2015
       
Twitter
Raushan Singh Rajput
@Raushan089
“Do what you love & money will follow”
Ate pizza, drank wine, took a 5 hour nap in my underwear, & took selfies with my dog..
Now I wait
4:08 AM - 6 May 2016
 
Twitter
Somewhat Damaged
@Southern_Sass__
“Do what you love and money will follow”
Read naked in bed, took a nap, workout then shower, random selfies with my dog.
Now I wait..
2:27 PM - 12 Jul 2017
 
Twitter
Faolan
@TheCoffeeSnolf
They say do what you love and money will follow.
So I ate a cheesecake and drank some coffee… Now I wait.
4:28 PM - 26 Nov 2017
 
Twitter
Paulina H E
@Pau__he
They say “Do what you love and money will follow”. So I ate cheesecake and drank some wine.. now I wait #happiness #winelover
8:24 PM - 28 Nov 2017 from Kitchener, Ontario
 
Twitter
smarty pants
@brenner_tina
They say if you do what you love the money will follow
So I ate donuts, drank wine, took a 5 hour nap and a million selfies with my cat
Now… I wait
#dollarbills
5:39 PM - 26 Mar 2019