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A comment on Michael Lewis: A Wall Street Job Can’t Match a Calling in Life. Parent comment

Re:Michael Lewis: A Wall Street Job Can’t Match a Calling in... by aaronblohowiak on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @04:50PM (#393528)
That is a hard lesson to learn. Good luck.

One technique is to have a set time set aside where you focus totally on, say, family. For me, it is Sundays at 3pm. I have a videoconference with my folks, and for that hour I am theirs, completely. The benefits to having a regular schedule increase the potency of the interaction, as it provides an anchor, rhythm and excuse.

As for your health, well, my grampa used to say "your health is your wealth". That is still a lesson I am trying to learn.

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Re:Michael Lewis: A Wall Street Job Can’t Match a Calling in... by gruseom on Thursday December 11, 2008 @10:38AM (#394360)
Unless I'm misreading you, it looks like you're addressing a different problem. The parent comment was about how sacrificing your deeper needs (presumably in service of family, or a concept of family) can backfire and end up harming the thing it was intended to preserve.
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Re:Michael Lewis: A Wall Street Job Can’t Match a Calling in... by aaronblohowiak on Friday December 12, 2008 @01:48AM (#395435)
My first line sympathizes with the truth that denying yourself is detrimental.

In my next bit I am suggesting that you do not need to sacrifice your "deeper needs" (to use your language) in order to have a meaningful family life. Further, I am suggesting that there are auxiliary benefits to the particular technique that I propose.

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Re:Michael Lewis: A Wall Street Job Can’t Match a Calling in... by gruseom on Friday December 12, 2008 @10:55AM (#395742)
Ok, I see. I think I did misread you then.
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