<story><title>How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time</title><url>https://apoorvagovind.substack.com/p/how-to-waste-your-career-one-comfortable</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>humanrebar</author><text>&amp;gt; if you are in a happy position with a great work life balance that encourages and enables you to both improve yourself and - particularly - your non-worklife&lt;p&gt;Someone needs to write &amp;quot;waste your personal life, one comfortable year at a time&amp;quot;.</text></item><item><author>mellosouls</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s worth remembering this article seems to come from a rather clichéd and narrow frame of reference - overly driven by money and perceived status - one which seems to drive a lot of very similar advisory posts.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s cool if it&amp;#x27;s what you want to dedicate your life to, but if you are in a happy position with a great work life balance that encourages and enables you to both improve yourself and - particularly - your non-worklife then that&amp;#x27;s a thing worth holding on to, whatever the article-heavy career gurus seem to be selling you.&lt;p&gt;Edit: as this comment has been significantly upvoted to visibility, I think I should acknowledge jasode&amp;#x27;s (and others) fair point that the author doesn&amp;#x27;t specifically focus on money. While I believe it is an implied strategic goal (which is fine) my concern is with the general over-focus on writing like this with careerism and the corresponding values which are definitely not shared by all. Thanks for the useful counterpoints to my reading.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ineedasername</author><text>Yes, this is much more important. I love my job, but I&amp;#x27;m not defined by it. I long ago realized and decided that I had no interest in chasing the next step up if it meant never having a stable personal life.</text></comment>
<story><title>How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time</title><url>https://apoorvagovind.substack.com/p/how-to-waste-your-career-one-comfortable</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>humanrebar</author><text>&amp;gt; if you are in a happy position with a great work life balance that encourages and enables you to both improve yourself and - particularly - your non-worklife&lt;p&gt;Someone needs to write &amp;quot;waste your personal life, one comfortable year at a time&amp;quot;.</text></item><item><author>mellosouls</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s worth remembering this article seems to come from a rather clichéd and narrow frame of reference - overly driven by money and perceived status - one which seems to drive a lot of very similar advisory posts.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s cool if it&amp;#x27;s what you want to dedicate your life to, but if you are in a happy position with a great work life balance that encourages and enables you to both improve yourself and - particularly - your non-worklife then that&amp;#x27;s a thing worth holding on to, whatever the article-heavy career gurus seem to be selling you.&lt;p&gt;Edit: as this comment has been significantly upvoted to visibility, I think I should acknowledge jasode&amp;#x27;s (and others) fair point that the author doesn&amp;#x27;t specifically focus on money. While I believe it is an implied strategic goal (which is fine) my concern is with the general over-focus on writing like this with careerism and the corresponding values which are definitely not shared by all. Thanks for the useful counterpoints to my reading.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ranit</author><text>&amp;gt;&amp;gt; Someone needs to write ...&lt;p&gt;And skip “comfortable” in the title.</text></comment>