Having just enough money is all I need. Being retired, I have cut costs in so many different ways, so can manage on a smaller income and retirement has freed me up to enjoy life. I was happy and tired when working hard, and now I'm happy and free to do as I like, without needing money to pay for much of what I want to do.
The pressure of deadlines that the author of the blog refers to wouldn't have felt so imposing to me. Deadlines motivated me to focus on the task in hand. I rarely had that Monday morning feeling, either. Work was interesting and stimulating, not a slog. Perhaps the blogger could have arranged her home life differently, so that writing job didn't turn into an albatross round her neck? I guess I would have experienced her situation differently.
I did my first degree with four children playing in the same room much of the time. When I needed to get essays submitted, I'd do them when they were in bed. No crying children wondering where I was, but I grew up in a large family and learned to concentrate with noise around me. Not easy, but it didn't make me unhappy.
Is it me or am I getting mixed messages