Because 'playing today' is money now, 'studying' is investment for an unknown return. Some people play the long game and it never pays off. Kind of a wasted l

Because 'playing today' is money now, 'studying' is investment for an unknown return. Some people play the long game and it never pays off. Kind of a wasted life then, no? The issue is to try to understand the risks, and know what activities benefit whom. If you like working, and derive self worth and identity from it then great. If you don't ... it might be hard to justify working 80 hours a week until you're 65 to do what exactly?