[smodo]

I can somewhat relate as I’ve suffered a brain injury. It was similar in that I couldn’t continue to go full tilt everyday. In my mind all my success was based on that: working all the time. Turns out I was wrong; I still make a living but am much more prudent about what I spend time on.

Anyway. After reading all the philosophical quotes etc I felt bad when you ended with this:

>> Despite my injury, I still try to maintain a bulletproof growth mindset. I constantly ask myself why I shouldn't make more money every month.

My friend, even if there is anything to Carol Dweck (severe criticism is warranted there), this is the servant mindset that you just wrote about. Make more money for what? You can’t take it with you when you die and it will not make you happy in ill health.

Oh and you’re right about there not being any moral epiphany or reward in ill health. It just sucks. Feeling good is the opposite: it’s just good. There is nothing else.

[siamese_puff]

Agreed. Maybe it’s the authors way of feeling in control still. To me it further exemplifies the toxicity of this industry always making people feel the need to work endlessly despite the severe health consequences.

[southernplaces7]

>My friend, even if there is anything to Carol Dweck (severe criticism is warranted there), this is the servant mindset that you just wrote about. Make more money for what? You can’t take it with you when you die and it will not make you happy in ill health.

Agreed that money is far from everything when it comes to happiness and health shouldn't be utterly broken striving for it, but your comment reeks of a neatly privileged bubble in which you seem to have enough money and access to resources to ignore just how important they are for doing all the things that do make life better.

No, you can't take it with you when you die, but it's only while you live that actually matters, and being poor can sure as fuck ruin a lot of that decent living, not to mention your health, which money absolutely does help make better.

Apparently some people can't see these obvious details, that billions in the world face every day, even while they criticize others for not having a clearer perspective.

[ivanhoe]

> Make more money for what? You can’t take it with you when you die and it will not make you happy in ill health.

You can leave it to your kids, hoping it will give them a slightly easier and safer starting position in life, which sort of fits in the basic premise of all life, ensuring the extension of your gene line... or you could spend it all on hookers and blackjack, in the Fender from Futurama style...

[mysfi]

Despite some market imperfections, and non-monetary contributions like caregiving or volunteer activities, the money you make is a very good proxy of the value of what you produce and the impact you have. I can not simply think of a better proxy.

[ivanhoe]

Question stays, however, is "the impact" and the produced value how you measure your own's life fulfillment?

If that's what you care about sure, but should we really care about it more than some other things?

[mysfi]

That's right. I need to do a soul search after I am done with my job search.