I'd only become more "me" if I stopped working. Work isn't a place I go to self actualize, it's a place I go to earn money to do the things I want to do.

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mhurron 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's also a place a great number of people have to hide who they are because they have to fit in.

	▲	Tade0 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This. I refrain from making jokes or even smalltalk in my new role because I noticed people don't do that here and keep meetings to the point.

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rexpop 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Super sad that the majority of your day for the majority of your life is repressive of your "self.*

	▲	IncreasePosts 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Maybe, maybe not. Directly, I only work about 30h/week, so I actually have 86 hours of free time and 30 hours of work per week. And, at this point I'm working for my kids, not for me. I could have easily retired years ago if I didn't have kids. I could retire right now but my kids might not inherit much if I did. I lucked into a field that paid me > 10x the median salary in the US, but my kids might not be so lucky. So, I'm working a little harder and longer than I need to, so that my kids perhaps don't have to. 1 year of working and saving for me might, 25 years from now, mean my kids can retire 10 years earlier than they would. That seems like a worthwhile thing for me to do, even if it means I have a little less "me" time.
	▲	tayo42 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Ill take it offline and we can circle back to that thought. I find corporate culture to be extremely fake and it's tough to deal with. Like you ever do something simple and some one tells you wow that's amazing great job. And you think they can't be seriously right now, this was some low effort basic thing? That annoys me, corporate America demands that behavior though.