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This is a thinly veiled advertisement for the author's psychological services - the company they had to start to solve this problem. It is hard to get anywhere
by zomglings 7y ago
This is a thinly veiled advertisement for the author's psychological services - the company they had to start to solve this problem.
It is hard to get anywhere in this world without working your ass off. It is a sign of extreme privilege to even have the freedom to complain about it.
- thinkingkong 7y agoIt is probably a placed piece but it doesnt make the contents untrue. Simultaneously, being enmeshed in your career is not the same as working hard, so why give people a hard time who are reevaluating their life?
- zomglings 7y agoReasonable question. I can see how my comment comes across as me giving people a hard time but that was not the intention. Working hard is probably step 1 on the road to enmeshment. Just wanted to put forward the opinion that most things worth doing require insane levels of hard work to succeed at. They will become part of your identity. That's not a bad thing.
- OldGuyInTheClub 7y agoWell put. The specific case was not compelling and I wonder whether it is even real. A son of highly achieving attorneys learns that corporate law is stressful? Do tell. I was reminded of Tom Lehrer's quip about the fictional inventor of the gallbladder, "He soon became a specialist, specializing in diseases of the rich. He was therefore able to retire at an early age."[1] [1]http://www.casualhacker.net/tom.lehrer/evening.html http://www.casualhacker.net/tom.lehrer/evening.html
- DonHopkins 7y agoA specialist in diseases for the rich might have to come out of retirement to treat himself.
- OldGuyInTheClub 7y agoBut, could he afford it? See this from The Flintstones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGkPzDxd09I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGkPzDxd09I