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UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 5 months agoI totally agree right down to your example (I’m a software dev). The pandemic was very good to us. I never thought I would have this kind of financial stability. It’s kind of led me to an anti-hustle mindset.
Now I’m taking jobs that let me work less, even though I know I could earn a lot more if I really put my back into it. It’s just not worth it, though.
I’ve only got N years to smell the roses, may as make em good ones.
Zink@programming.dev 5 months ago
Funny enough, that current best job of mine is as a software engineer, replacing the amalgam of electronics, software, automation, quality, etc that came before. Intentional choice of course.
Fortunately there are many entertaining and enriching things you can do with adequate time and just a little extra money. Leaving yourself with more money but little time is going to make it tough to improve on what you already had.
Plus even if working less, the working hours are a significant part of your life. Is it really worth 1/3 of your life being more stressful/boring/unfulfilling just so that you get to drive a Mercedes to that shitty place?