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Sadly for most people not having to work leads to apathy. Only the greatest among us are able to actually be productive when they aren't forced to. But I guess "being able to follos your dreams" could mean having the ability to not just waste your time all day.
is there a proof to your claim?
There might be somewhere, however this is mostly speaking from personal experience. I personally find it pretty hard to do stuff I've set my mind on. Of course there are people with a great deal of motivation who are not having these kinds of problems, but as far as I see most people are not like that.
Personal experience is extremely limited and biased keep in mind. Simply the attitude most people have around being jobless is quite negative would already have great effects on the results