What do you do for a living? /how do I achieve work/life-balance?

[Nau7ik]

This is a concern of mine. A major life lesson for me in this incarnation is career. I have not found that career yet. I know that I want to work with others though. My natural propensities make me good for working with the mind and talking problems out. A counselor is a vocation that I believe I would do well in being able to serve others using my natural talents and gifts.

I agree with your sentiment. It seems that kindness, compassion are under appreciated in this world. “Good guys finish last.” Because people want immediate results and wealth.

However the positive benefits are slower in the coming. The rewards of pure service to others far outweighs any amount of money one can make in 3D. One is creating spiritual gold rather than lusting after illusory gold. It may be good (lusting after materiality) for those who walk the Left Hand Path because it gives them greater ability to control their lives and consequently others’ as well.

Money isn’t a bad thing. It’s the love of money which is the root of all evil. Take a look at this world, and one will find greed to be the root of so much injustice, dishonesty, etc.

Let me give an example: I’ve always enjoyed video games ever since a boy. As I’ve grown up to where I am now, there have been major changes in the gaming world. First off a brand new triple A game costs 60$. That’s just the standard edition. Then they have the deluxe edition for another 50$. If that wasn’t enough, they release DLCs (Downloadable content) throughout the year. This of course isn’t free. So they release the base game and then you gotta pay another 50$ for the rest of the game’s content which is released slowly throughout the year.
Doesn’t end there either: micro-transactions! These are always overpriced and adds the “pay2win” aspect into the game, meaning those who pay for micro transactions get a “one up” on those who don’t.
If you want to play multiplayer with friends or strangers, you have to buy a subscription just to be able to use a multiplayer feature, which is another 60$ for a few months-a year.
Even the platform has a dual release, pay another 100 for the “pro” version console which runs the games faster and more smoothly.

All of this is rooted in an insatiable greed. It’s only gotten worse and is destroying quality work in the gaming industry. Ironic that the supposed “best” developers release poor quality games loaded with bugs which they then fix later on after the release.

Anyway I just wanted to share that aspect, which not only has affected the gaming world. The beauty industry is also a cash-cow right now. People just want to make quick and easy money. Because that is seen as the ultimate goal in life for those who are sleeping.