"When you do unfulfilling work, 8 hrs/5x a week is full-time. When you do meaningful, self-directed work, 16 hrs/7x a week feels like part-time." Paraphrased:

"When you do unfulfilling work, 8 hrs/5x a week is full-time. When you do meaningful, self-directed work, 16 hrs/7x a week feels like part-time." Paraphrased: "When you're doing stuff you want to do, it's easy, when you're doing stuff you don't want to do, it's hard" Don't confuse 'aspiration' as being 'meaningful' and certainly not 'utilitarian' or in any way beneficial to society. Probably the best thing you can do 'to help society' is right in front of the nose, which is to take the skill sets you have, find a system in which you can work, and grind. Because it's mostly all just a grind. The system works when we play our roles well, whether it's changing diapers, writing code, baking bread or maybe 2 out of 3.