[kudokatz]

> How much of your unhappiness is your job, or more so a function of having a continually growing list of responsibilities

I have none of the other, suggested, confounding factors. Quitting my last job was fantastic and 100% the best thing I could have conceived of to improve my life.

I also had a very similar sentiment re: cog+machine, although found it more of a combination of amusing and tragic (rather than unappealing).