Blessed are the cheesemakers – and everyone else who just loves their job

‘This is it, this is what I want to do’: Nardia Baxter, who has made cheese her life’s work, at the Goldfields Farmhouse factory in Ballarat. Photograph: Penny Stephens/The Guardian

For some, it is hard to believe that the drudgery of going to work every day can instead bring joy. But others are lucky enough to have found the sweet spot where their job is also their passion.

Here, four job-lovers share what gets them out of bed in the morning to go to work.