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You said it well:

"What I cited there are not "work" per say as coined in most people's mind as the dreary 8 hour work life."

And yes, I understand your point: work can be enjoyed to the point it feels like a videogame!

Anyhow, the words and the tone I choose maybe weren't the best to communicate what I mean.

Thanks for the feedback (and thanks for subscribing!).

Sam Walton came from a family who weathered the Great Depression very well and married into a family which was able to lend him a significant sum of money for the period in order to "bootstrap" his business.

Walton, like so many other people who are incredibly successful, started out of the gate far ahead of most of his peers. As a result, he isn't what I'd consider a good example to use for the average person when it comes to work and balancing career with family.

Welcome to the Internet world of "if we don't agree, you are wrong and anything else you say is stupid."

People today are incapable of tolerance, despite demanding the same from others.

Look at race and gender equality arguments. If you make any statement contrary to either, despite having the Constitutional right to do so, you are instantly attacked and called a racist or a bigot for having a non-conformist view, and all semblance of tolerance goes out the window.

The magic you need comes in the form of "non-judgmental observational atonement". People want your observations, as long as you don't criticize those you are observing AND you come clean and atone for any past, present or future infractions thereof. They want to know you can "understand" their plight, but that you also agree that you can't truly understand how it affects them due to the richness of their individuality.

OR, you could write what you want and let all those pasty-faced, milquetoast, spineless sons of bitches die in a volcano.

I vote for the latter.

Let me paraphrase you, or meta-phrase, if you will: "What you are doing now, what you are passionate about now, is the be-all and end-all of your life! You need nothing else! Do it 24/7! If you choose to do something other than this, then choose something uplifting, something that supports and reinforces your view of the world! Because it is right! And the only one!"

Dude. Chill. Where is your time for discovery? You say "travel, sure", but then you say "Forget the idea about how much fun others are getting in the Caribbean Islands."

WTF? How will ever know if you like snorkeling or scuba diving or trapeze or archery, or various other idle pursuits that one discovers when one unplugs?

It is possible to have multiple passions. The one you have now is just that: One. Allow yourself time and space to find others.

"Humans are wired for growth." I don't even know what that means. Humans aren't wired for much other than eating, defecating, and breathing. Everything else is a choice, an itch. Don't over-glorify yours. Don't over-glorify what works right now. Because things change.

If you are lucky, you'll discover the changes while you are still young and fit enough to enjoy them.

Chain yourself to your current passion, for the rest of your life, and somewhere along the line you will wonder when you traded your monastic cell of devotion for solitary confinement.

"Work from the moment you wake up until you go to sleep."

Depressing as fuck.