A argues that both having a job and being jobless can trap you in misery, one through lack of time, the other through lack of money. The answer is to consciously choose the lifestyle you want and pursue it, rather than accept a default that makes you unhappy.
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And so if I could just have one thing is to have people just look at your life and honestly say, are you living the life you want? Not is your life perfect. I presented to a group of people who were unemployed a couple weeks ago, and I asked them, are you living the life you want? And they looked at me like, what are you crazy? We don't have jobs. And I said, it doesn't matter whether you have a job or not, doesn't mean you can't live the life you want. If you have no money, you could still live the life you want. You could still pick up the kids from school and listen to how their day was and help cook dinner that night. When you have a job, you don't get the chance to pick up the kids from school. You don't even have time for dinner because you're working late. So what do you want? You're gonna be miserable either way. You're miserable because you don't have money, or you're miserable because you can't be with your kids. Choose the life you want and pursue that. And I think that's the whole trick, is it— do you really know if you're living the life you want or not, or have you given up?
Yeah, I, I like that. Don't, don't give up because a lot of times we do give up, you know.