Yes. I wanted to make enough money that I'd be able to buy a place to live, have meaningful connections with people I cared about, and have enough so I can foll

Yes. I wanted to make enough money that I'd be able to buy a place to live, have meaningful connections with people I cared about, and have enough so I can follow my hobbies and passions in my off-time. I actually do get a great degree of personal fulfillment that results from having a stable, high-paying job. The lotus-eaters spent the rest of their days in happiness where Odysseus saw all of his friends die to return to a rock full of goats.