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For me, my job is just the thing that I do that allows me to do other things.
So much this. I do wonder if this leaves me in some intangible way unfulfilled/existentially troubled. But then I remember that it leaves me time to do and see all the music I want, play with bikes/ride bikes and see friends. Which is the stuff I consider my life.
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I've not really broken free as I don't think I've ever actually had a 'professional life' but I do feel like I've broken free of the feeling that I should have one and of the desire to earn loads of money and spend it on shite.
I doubt I have any useful advice for you as I suspect our working lives are about as different as could be but all I'd maybe say is that something I think has been a huge factor in my ability to find satisfaction and happiness (while working a job that I don't think ever really challenges me and at times frustrates the fuck out of me) is having several creative outlets in my life.
For me, my job is just the thing that I do that allows me to do other things.
Can you change the amount you work? With a basis like medicine I'd have thought you could earn a livable wage from part time work, allowing you the freedom to do other things with the rest of your time?