you can buy a year’s salary;
but a year’s salary won’t buy
a year of your life.
Quote from a friend, Paul La Montagne, about a decade or so ago. I only knew him for about a year or so but I remember him as being one of the more interesting (and smarter) people I’d ever met.
It’s an interesting quote. What’s missing, at least on the surface, is the fact that most of us don’t have any choice but to make the trade. But, as I read it, the point is “Make sure the trade is a worthwhile one, because you can’t get the time back.”
I love my work, probably more than most people are fortunate to have, but there are days… That’s true with everyone in every job. My situation is no different, nor do I expect it to be. Some days, the job just pays the mortgage. Some days, you feel like you’d do the job for free.
Some non-humorous thoughts at the end of the work day.
(via talesofbeingtj)
