Counterpoint: spending 40 hours a week on your job is a huge time commitment. It’s also a huge willpower drain (doing worthwhile things requires effort to grind out results, not just time). It’s hard for me to believe that the hours money allows you to “buy back” are worth the “wasted hours” on work. So it’s important that work not be a waste.
Also, you will probably make more money and do more worthwhile things at a job you enjoy.
Money is definitely a big factor, but I don’t think it totally dominates everything else.
I find that when people espouse the notion of “Work hard, play hard” they are missing fundamental facts about human capabilities.
Your health is worth money, literally. You start life with a fixed level of savings. Every day you go to work, you are drawing from the bank.
I know many people that had high-paying but high-stress jobs, and quit them in favor of lower-paying, lower-stress jobs. And now they spend time cleaning their house too, and they enjoy it (cleaning your house can be relaxing and rewarding). They made the right choice, by any objective metric.
Counterpoint: spending 40 hours a week on your job is a huge time commitment. It’s also a huge willpower drain (doing worthwhile things requires effort to grind out results, not just time). It’s hard for me to believe that the hours money allows you to “buy back” are worth the “wasted hours” on work. So it’s important that work not be a waste.
Also, you will probably make more money and do more worthwhile things at a job you enjoy.
Money is definitely a big factor, but I don’t think it totally dominates everything else.
I find that when people espouse the notion of “Work hard, play hard” they are missing fundamental facts about human capabilities.
Your health is worth money, literally. You start life with a fixed level of savings. Every day you go to work, you are drawing from the bank.
I know many people that had high-paying but high-stress jobs, and quit them in favor of lower-paying, lower-stress jobs. And now they spend time cleaning their house too, and they enjoy it (cleaning your house can be relaxing and rewarding). They made the right choice, by any objective metric.