[ZenoArrow]

I understand your sarcasm, but I think you may have missed what the author is getting at.

Looking at what the author uses as a definition for work, he's basically implying he wants to make money a secondary goal. In other words, instead of working for the sake of earning money, find something you enjoy and find a way to earn a living doing that. The difference comes down to whether you'd enjoy doing what you do as a job even if you didn't get paid. If you'd enjoy it even without earning money, then the argument is that it's not really 'work' (I'm using that term loosely as pursuing your interests may still take up a lot of time and effort).

That seems to be the basic gist of it. I'm sure we've heard similar messages before, but it's still good to see people learn from their experiences. I wish the author well with enjoying his new path.

[smsm42]

> find something you enjoy and find a way to earn a living doing that

If that is what is called "retirement", I've been retired since I was 15! Thanks for finally opening my eyes to that! I guess I don't need those 401ks and IRAs now - I'm retired already, so no point in saving for retirement.

> If you'd enjoy it even without earning money, then the argument is that it's not really 'work'

I'm not sure redefining words to have weird meanings specific for one's argument is going to convince anybody in that argument.