a labour of love

(British & Australian) also a labor of love (American & Australian)

an activity that is hard work but that you do because you enjoy it He prefers to paint the house himself - it's a real labour of love.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dhaval	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Berhanu	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Batari	-	Indonesian
Stanislava	stah-nee-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Asaf	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Scevola	-	Italian