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I was always too far-sighted to have ever risked having lost the plot when it came to getting too caught up in work. Some people think I’m this “workaholic” type guy, but the reality of things couldn’t be further from the truth. Unless my friends or family are prompted to organize something and they ask me to play a part in putting it together, I would much rather spend my time doing something else. Unless you’re say a Hasidic Jew who believes as part of the foundation for his religious vocation that it’s his job to seek God in everything he does (including work and labor more generally), I’ve always looked at the older cohort who retires and then makes frequent appearances or returns to work as having nothing better to do outside of his job. If that were me, you would never see me again and I would never return. I’m too engrossed in my own pursuits and interests and family life to find enjoyment in that.
People also tend not to appreciate what’s good in their life and what they have until they’ve lost it. Fortunately that was never me.
Not appreciating the good things in one's life is probably a common mistake, and a mistake that I've made many times. Sometimes it's useful to reflect on the bad points in one's life to regain perspective on the things that are actually going very well by relative comparison.
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