The relationship between paid work and unpaid work can be complicated. I make a living doing something I would still do if not paid. I know this is true becaus

The relationship between paid work and unpaid work can be complicated. I make a living doing something I would still do if not paid. I know this is true because I do in fact voluntarily engage in a lot of unpaid work of exactly the sort I am paid for. The kind of work I do is training. I train software testers. Working without pay is nice because it is lower stress. I generate new training material in this way. Working with pay means I have customers. Customers deserve value for money. So, it’s more stress. Still, I only teach what I believe. It’s fun for me. I have agency. But I rely on people to sign up. If not enough sign up, that will be the end of my business. I don’t know what I would do, then— except I know for sure that I will continue teaching until a few days before my death.