Change "job" to "role." Roles define us, whether official or volunteer. They might be unpaid caretaker roles, relationships, mother, father, sibling, husband.

Change "job" to "role." Roles define us, whether official or volunteer. They might be unpaid caretaker roles, relationships, mother, father, sibling, husband. The mind adapts readily to roles, perhaps explaining why we so easily incorporate ourselves into dreams, adopting even alien identities without conflict. Another great quote in this vein from Vonnegut: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."