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This is spot on. My orientation toward my time changed a bunch a few years ago when I went from being regular full-time employed to a self-employed consultant. I no longer had to spend time at an office just because it was between 9 and 5, or go to meetings that I didn't need to be in, or work on projects I didn't want to (mostly). It's led to both more free non-work time which I can spend how I like, and higher quality work time because I'm focused on what I'm good at.

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"But the net gain of all this time vigilance is an absolutely keener sense of what is worth my time." I love this so much!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E-12dTPUyk

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Aaand of course its Hook.

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That idea of getting more enjoyment out of something you don't have to do resonates with me a lot. I started making art prints and stickers for fun, then began selling them and the whole thing turned into such a chore. I recently decided to go back to just giving stuff away when I feel like making it and it's so much better.

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That's my hangup around the idea of "doing something you love and you don't have to work a day in your life." Seems like turning an avocation into a vocation is a great way to resent the thing you used to love.

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