I started investing aggressively and realized that the way to live a sane life and real work-life balance is to focus on growing my wealth over time instead of

I started investing aggressively and realized that the way to live a sane life and real work-life balance is to focus on growing my wealth over time instead of growing my salary. I was lucky to retire early, but what's more important is that I was able to distance my self worth from my position at the company I was working at.