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Re:Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege by FreedomToCreate on Monday May 30, 2016 @04:28PM (#11802994)
I don't think you understood the point of the OP's article. This article is calling out the motivation and entrepreneurship gurus who push the idea of entrepreneurship like its some kind of way to unbind yourself and become truly free to people who don't fully understand what it means.
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Re:Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege by rmtew on Monday May 30, 2016 @05:17PM (#11803258)
The article was about some woman who was unhappy and quit her job, and had some resources to fall back on.

I am sure lots of points can be projected onto it, but the long and the short is she didn't do a very good job at saying anything very clearly.

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Re:Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege by jm_l on Monday May 30, 2016 @05:30PM (#11803323)
Her clearest point to me was when she wrote:

"I don’t want anyone who works a 9-to-5 to feel like a fool for staying at a stable job, or feel wrong if they actually enjoy it."

The whole romanticized narrative of quitting your job to pursue your passion is certainly something I've encountered, and I appreciate her point of view on that narrative.

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