[jleyank]

Unless you have the magic ticket, a career is a 30-40 year journey. Better to take it with others than going it alone, as you’ll need other people when your cachet fades in the second half. Looking back, I recommend working to live over living to work. And remember, if you don’t separate yourself from your work you’ll have no “you” when you dial back or become unnecessary or undesirable.

And it’s prudent to do “desired things” throughout your life, as your knees might not last or people you want to do things with might not be there. There’s a risk in deferring things until tomorrow as tomorrow might be as you wish it to be.

[SoftTalker]

> if you don’t separate yourself from your work you’ll have no “you” when you dial back or become unnecessary or undesirable

I see this with a lot of people I know who retire and find they don't know what to do with their time. Work is all they ever really did.

I know another guy, well into his seventies, who is still working because there's nothing else he wants to do. He'll either die at his desk or in bed.

[zaptheimpaler]

A lot of people understood this stuff clearly during COVID and now the conversation is shifting again to the old norms of work and prestige over everything. Life is short, family & friends are important, money can't buy everything and your employer will never love you.

[bachmeier]

> And remember, if you don’t separate yourself from your work you’ll have no “you” when you dial back or become unnecessary or undesirable.

As long as you pay your bills, nobody's going to tell you to do things differently. Financial literacy gets a lot of attention, but time and pleasure literacy get none, and our culture emphasizes consumption and income. It's rare to hear someone talk about the dollar value of having a big block of time to spend doing whatever makes you happiest in the moment.