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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you can afford it, do it. Then down the road if you feel like your life is starting to lack purpose, find it outside the home (probably not in work). I can't imagine most of the posters on DCUM can honestly say they find their life's purpose in their job. If they do, then whomever they're making rich really did a number brainwashing them into submission. For most people, even highly educated people, a job pays the bills (both today's and retirement's). [/quote]

I absolutely find my life's purpose in my work. I am President of a small mission driven non profit. I don't make much money by DC standards but wouldn't leave my job for any amount of money.[/quote]

+1. I do philosophy — ethics, moral psychology, intellectual history. I find a lot of fulfillment in family and adore my kids. But I also love reading, writing, teaching, expanding my mind, and working to pass on a tradition of thought that I believe will make my children’s world and society richer over time. I think when you are a parent your kids need all of you, and this is a part of my life’s purpose that lets me bring more to my relationship with them. My work experience has also made me a better parent — better at negotiating, better at teaching, better at prioritizing and long-range planning. I wouldn’t say those skills are part of my “life’s purpose,” necessarily, but I think the dichotomy between work and parenting is too simplistic in a lot of these posts. [/quote]

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