Joseph O'Brien is living out his dream each morning he arrives at his gallops on Owning Hill in Kilkenny.
While many of us are complaining that we can't jet off to the Mediterranean because of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is no place O'Brien would rather be.
In fact, bar a sole weekend, the 27-year-old trainer hasn't got within a short head of a holiday in a long time.
He told Irish Mirror Sport: "I haven't really been on holidays since I started training and that's five years ago.
"I got a weekend away last year which was nice but obviously we would have had runners during that time.
"It's full on but I love it, it's not a job to me.
"Racing is my passion and I'm very lucky to be able to work in the industry that I love."
What then is a typical day in the life of a trainer of some 200 thoroughbreds many of which are worth a small fortune?
O'Brien explained: "I am usually in the yard around half-six.
"First thing we get is the reports from all the staff and the people on the yard on the ground - what horse has eaten up, their temperatures, what horses have gotten a knock or a bang in the stables at night.
"Then we will meet the head lads and the first lot will be in the ring and ready to go on the gallops for seven-thirty.
"So from there we just go through the lots, we usually have four lots in the morning and that usually takes us up to around twelve-thirty or so.
"Then we would have a little lunch and I'd been in the office for a couple of hours.
"The staff will come back at three o'clock and depending on the day I might spend some time in the yard to see whatever legs or whatever animals the lads wanted me to see.
"Then I'd spend a lot of the time in the office doing race planning, liaising with the owners and seeing basically what is on the cards for that day."
O'Brien is one of the stars of Betfair's new film series 'Serial Winners' with racing legends like Ted Walsh heaping praise on the young handler.
But rare is the occasion when O'Brien talks about his big operation without championing the role of his staff.
Pure luck comes up a lot too - he feels immensely lucky to be given the chance to train elite horses, always shying away from taking any credit himself.
Racing fans will know though that he didn't lick this modest persona off the stones either. Asked if humility was something his racing royalty parents Aidan and Anne-Marie stressed growing up, Joseph said "absolutely".
"We like to appreciate how lucky we are. It's something we think is very important.
"It's always very important to just do your best, work hard and try to make the right choices along the way in your professional life and outside of that.
"We are very conscious that we win sometimes and we don't win other times but as long as you have crossed every 't' and dotted every 'i' along the way, then whatever comes your way is meant to come your way," he stressed.
