[cloverich]

Eloquent and succintly put. Not everyone is like this I have realized, but to each their own. I would extend a bit, its not easy for me to be not bored. I have to be doing something complex, and someting that takes a lot of time to build up. Hobbies _can_ fill that gap but only when I treat them like work, and I enjoy doing so. Doing something I enjoy for a job is ideal, because it matches what the job expects of my time with how I prefer to use it. I wish I could coast but even doing that leaves not enough time to build up the hard or complex things I derive joy from. I did not used to understand this, and spent the first 25 or so years of my life very unhappy and insecure. When I discovered rigour (etc), I discovered joy. Realisticaly to support a family while also being happy, I need to work a job I enjoy. Of course my happiness isn't owed to me, I feel fortunate to even think of chasing it.