Just to jump on this, my most hard-working years were in coffee shops. Though on the flipside, I remember how nice it was to leave the premises and be able to completely drop any thoughts of work as I left. Whereas now it occupies a decent chunk of my brain at all times.
I've certainly had an inverse relationship between effort and pay since (sure, there's been some experience along the way to "increase my value" but still, my current job is a cakewalk compared to working in gyms or coffee shops)
Just to jump on this, my most hard-working years were in coffee shops. Though on the flipside, I remember how nice it was to leave the premises and be able to completely drop any thoughts of work as I left. Whereas now it occupies a decent chunk of my brain at all times.
I've certainly had an inverse relationship between effort and pay since (sure, there's been some experience along the way to "increase my value" but still, my current job is a cakewalk compared to working in gyms or coffee shops)