That COULD be - but I also found that, after quitting consulting, my energy level & my ability to tackle things shot waaaaaay up. I actually did my back taxes &

That COULD be - but I also found that, after quitting consulting, my energy level & my ability to tackle things shot waaaaaay up. I actually did my back taxes & accounting, which I had not been able to face before. I think, for a lot of people, when you stop violating your "core value" for the sake of money, it gives you a new lease on life. I look at it as managing energy. Some things drain energy. Some things give back more energy than they take. Doing work you believe in, even if the work at hand is totally uninteresting, generates energy rather than sucking it.