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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't read this thread through but I think about this a lot.

I love my job. I'm an academic. I make far less than my spouse, but we do "feel" the impact of my income, so there is some value in it. It's flexible enough that I've avoided most childcare after K and I feel balanced 90% of the time.

At various points in my life I have noticed that when I am involved in my job my anxiety is pretty much at bay. I am able to channel a productive focus into a meaningful career, as opposed to health anxiety or discontent or boredom. I am not medicated for anxiety or diagnosed with clinical anxiety. I just notice my mental health is much much better overall when working...I still feel stress from work.

So that's a reason for me. I wonder if I were to receive an inheritance if I would want to transition into a different type of career (outside of academia? Off the tenure track?) but the easiest answer for me is probably not, at least not right away.

I think when work is meaningful and enjoyable most of the time it doesn't always feel like work. So that's why people stay. [/quote]

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