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This article describes the difference between "a job" and "being paid to do what you love". This doesn't mean you have to start your own company. It means you

This article describes the difference between "a job" and "being paid to do what you love". This doesn't mean you have to start your own company. It means you need to find a team you enjoy working with where you get to do things each day you where you get to do your best. For work/life balance, it is about priorities and setting clear expectations with your significant other. If you love working a lot and start dating don't fake a shorter work week, don't fake that you'll make it home every night for dinner at 5pm. For some people, it will be a deal breaker, and for others they'll appreciate the time you do spend together because during that time you'll be happy, fulfilled and fun to be around. Would you rather have a SO that comes home every night at 5PM and does nothing but complain about how horrible their day was until 9PM or that needs 4 hours to decompress from work or would you rather have somebody that comes home at 9PM happy to see you with a positive attitude?

dan00 16y ago
"This article describes the difference between 'a job' and 'being paid to do what you love'." Perhaps, but he says: It's just the way I was raised. So I think, it's more cultural, that he only feels right, worth, if he's working. There's nothing wrong to feel good when you're working, but there's something wrong, if you feel bad when you're not working.
- justin 16y ago
  I often times feel unsettled when not working -- even when I rationally know that working more at that time isn't necessarily productive, efficient or sustainable. That's probably not the most optimal attitude. Also, I've debated it a lot, and at this point am not convinced that working all the time == success, having seen many examples both ways. Consequently I find it pretty hard to justify telling people to work all the time now (in order to achieve success), and in order to justify however much I'm working I just say that I think it is the moral thing to do.

dan00 16y ago

"This article describes the difference between 'a job' and 'being paid to do what you love'." Perhaps, but he says: It's just the way I was raised. So I think, it's more cultural, that he only feels right, worth, if he's working. There's nothing wrong to feel good when you're working, but there's something wrong, if you feel bad when you're not working.

justin 16y ago
I often times feel unsettled when not working -- even when I rationally know that working more at that time isn't necessarily productive, efficient or sustainable. That's probably not the most optimal attitude. Also, I've debated it a lot, and at this point am not convinced that working all the time == success, having seen many examples both ways. Consequently I find it pretty hard to justify telling people to work all the time now (in order to achieve success), and in order to justify however much I'm working I just say that I think it is the moral thing to do.