I am in the position that I could survive until retirement without having to work. Some five years ago, I decided that I would only work, if work was making me

I am in the position that I could survive until retirement without having to work. Some five years ago, I decided that I would only work, if work was making me happy. Last year, I was jobless for about half a year and I discovered that I found it hard to work on things I loved. Even when I had all the time to work on thing I loved, I still found myself procrastinating a lot. I had a hard time finding a new job and almost had given up finding a new job, concluding that due to my age I no longer was attractive for employers to be hired. Luckily, I did find a new job after some months. I am strongly motivated when I can help others. For me it is important that I feel that my contribution has some added value. In my previous job that worked for the first years, but the last year, the organization forced me to work in a way that decreased my effectiveness and gave me a negative review due to this. While I had the feeling that I made a lot of efforts to deal with and help others as much as possible, I still got a negative review due some of my stance with respect to one project, which did not have the highest priority. After some struggles and realizing that I did not enjoy my work anymore, I decided to quit also because I felt I was on the brink of a burn-out.