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I think that's a little unfair. How many people post on here complaining about boring jobs, wondering how people end up in jobs they love, etc? I know the work will get done without me - I don't think  *I* am important. I find my work really challenging and my coworkers are smart and fun to work with. That's hard to walk away from when you know you're kind of lucky to have found it in the first place. The only think missing from my life is affordable housing that's not two hours away from my job![/quote]

It's absolutely true though. D.C. in general lives to work, it does not work to live. Everybody is important! [/quote]

I'm not saying it isn't true for some people, but[b] it is also true that some people want jobs that are challenging, stimulating, and generally enjoyable.[/b]  That's a separate issue and, I think, a legit one that factors into this decision. I just don't think it's fair to be dismissive of that concern and pretend like you're not giving anything up when you walk away from this life. Yes, those of us struggling with it need to prioritize and decide what it's worth to us, but that's what's hard. 
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Another PP jumping in.  As I argued above, I think a lot of the people who want challenging jobs either have never lived somewhere without a challenging, a-type life and just simply don't realize how good life is in the absence of that job (because they've never had the pleasure of living somewhere else). Or alternatively, use their "love of job" as a defense of other issues going on in their life. Maybe they aren't really that comfortable with who they are. Maybe they don't love going home to their spouse and kids. Maybe they have a hard time understanding who they would be without their job defining them.  Maybe they've always had a lot of family pressure to succeed and it's so ingrained that they can't fathom walking away.  [b]All I know is that when I lived in an awesome chill non-DC smaller metropolitan area, none of the former DC people who had relocated there (and there were many) missed their old life in DC where their job was their life. [/b] It is pretty easy to get over once you leave it behind. [/quote]

Where was this?[/quote]

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