>This has to be the saddest thing I've ever read Here on HN a lot of people are lucky enough to be able to work on their own terms and on things they enjoy so

>This has to be the saddest thing I've ever read Here on HN a lot of people are lucky enough to be able to work on their own terms and on things they enjoy so you probably should not rush to that conclusion. I grew up, very rural, plenty of family, not a lot of work. To me it was suffocating. Couldn't use my brain for anything. Work has given me the opportunity to travel, see other places, build some useful things (hopefully) that other people value and so on.