I took a semester off to live with some ski bums in Colorado. Them: "Why do you work so hard?"
Me: "So I can get rich" (young and stupid response)
Them: "Well, what are you going to do when you are rich?"
Me: "Ski all the time"
Them: "Dude, you don't have to be rich to ski all the time. We freaking clean toilets, but I ski 100+ days a year".
That conversation changed my life. I realized that getting rich was a stupid goal, because everything I wanted to get by being rich I could get without being rich. There are broke people traveling the world, skiing everyday, surfing everyday, etc.
I also realized that although a random day skiing is undoubtedly more fun than a random day working, I would be unsatisfied by just doing that all the time.
I think the ideal is a job you believe in with good work/life balance. 3 day weekends every weekend. Even working 40 hours a week with a short commute and quick access to a mountain or an ocean is great.
Meanwhile, working 80 hours a week for really any amount of money isn't worth it.
That conversation changed my life. I realized that getting rich was a stupid goal, because everything I wanted to get by being rich I could get without being rich. There are broke people traveling the world, skiing everyday, surfing everyday, etc.
I also realized that although a random day skiing is undoubtedly more fun than a random day working, I would be unsatisfied by just doing that all the time.
I think the ideal is a job you believe in with good work/life balance. 3 day weekends every weekend. Even working 40 hours a week with a short commute and quick access to a mountain or an ocean is great.
Meanwhile, working 80 hours a week for really any amount of money isn't worth it.