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Originally Posted by Geraldsh
I am retired  and am proud of how hard I worked and how much fun I had doing it. Time off was definitely focused on quality family time so I feel I got the best of both worlds. It’s all about attitude. |
It's not all about attitude. You can't attitude your way out of an unreasonable work/life balance and you can't attitude your way out of unfair compensation.
In this post it sounds like you had a good job since you had so much fun. Most jobs are so much work, especially when you propose taking on more work to add to your work because work is its own reward. Barf.
I'm trying to guide my kids into careers where they don't have to work as hard as your average chump. We talk about being a teacher a lot in my house and my daughter even has a little fake class she teaches in her room complete with a whiteboard, lesson plans, etc. I'd kill to see them having summers off, winter vacation off, spring break off, only having to be at their job six or seven hours a day (I realize there is marking on some nights, but every job will have that bit extra that needs doing), and then retiring early with a bulletproof pension and insane benefits.