[theandrewbailey]

> It helps if you clearly define the roles you play in your life: a husband, a father, a brother, a friend, a software dev, a jogger, a cyclist, a member of the local club, an avid collector of y and, above all, a person who can create new roles and find new places for yourself.

Most of those things ARE transient.

Most of the retirees anymore had their jobs for life (ok, 30+ years). As in, within a single company. After that long, employment is taken for granted, and it's hard to see oneself not being on the job.

[chipsambos]

Yes, that's exactly the point I was making. It's why you need to be able to view them as temporary roles you are playing and not what you are or all you are.