recovering economist
Rest for six days, work for one – sounds better and better the older I get.
It’s not that I am uninterested in things, mind you.
It’s that I am more and more interested in things that I care about – and less interested in what others want me to care about.
Such is life, for now.
Their idea of the sabbatical is to work six days and rest for one; my idea of the sabbatical is to work for (part of) a day and rest for six.
–Nassim Taleb, The Bed Of Procrustes
You don’t want work invading your brain in every down moment.
But you should also probably be looking for work that you want to think about all day.
This is probably the difference between working for someone else versus working for yourself.
There is no freedom in another telling you what to care about.
Work destroys your soul by stealthily invading your brain during the hours not officially spent working; be selective about professions.
-Nassim Taleb, The Bed Of Procrustes