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Really Basic Guide: Career Sanity
(This is a 60-minute read!)
What if work didn’t have to be sacred or soul-crushing, but could be something in between?
In the US we revere career many worship billionaire entrepreneurs, glorify “the grind” and aspire to somehow not just like, but be passionate about our jobs. Yet our culture often ignores the vast (often silent) majority of workers who are aiming at just moderate success. These are the workers who aspire to live an interesting life without a career as its central driving force, with a healthy work-life balance and some financial security. Workers who work reasonably hard and want to make their money without sacrificing their health, principles or sanity. Workers who cringe at the mediocrity, politics and theatrics of the modern workplace, but understand that, unfortunately, they’re all the unfortunate price they have to pay to stay employed. This book is for them. It’s also for anyone who wants more perspective to despise their job less, and for anyone who is burning out on workplace madness, or reaching the overdue conclusion that their job will (shockingly!) not satisfy all of their innermost desires.
If you are looking for “career tips” in the classic sense, you will not find them here. These are not recommendations or tricks for grinding harder, making more money, or climbing the ladder faster. These are musings about the nature and meaning of work in our lives. They are tips for finding peace when over half of our waking hours are devoted to doing something most of us would, deep down, just rather not be doing.
In these 19 short vignettes, you’ll find thoughts
Why it's okay if work isn’t your passionHow to navigate workplace theater and incompetenceWhen to grind, when to quit, and how to pick a job pragmaticallyWhat you're really optimizing for in your career, and how to figure it outThis book won't tell you to love your job, but in less than 45 minutes, it will teach you how to see it with more clarity and a little less illusion.
What if work didn’t have to be sacred or soul-crushing, but could be something in between?
In the US we revere career many worship billionaire entrepreneurs, glorify “the grind” and aspire to somehow not just like, but be passionate about our jobs. Yet our culture often ignores the vast (often silent) majority of workers who are aiming at just moderate success. These are the workers who aspire to live an interesting life without a career as its central driving force, with a healthy work-life balance and some financial security. Workers who work reasonably hard and want to make their money without sacrificing their health, principles or sanity. Workers who cringe at the mediocrity, politics and theatrics of the modern workplace, but understand that, unfortunately, they’re all the unfortunate price they have to pay to stay employed. This book is for them. It’s also for anyone who wants more perspective to despise their job less, and for anyone who is burning out on workplace madness, or reaching the overdue conclusion that their job will (shockingly!) not satisfy all of their innermost desires.
If you are looking for “career tips” in the classic sense, you will not find them here. These are not recommendations or tricks for grinding harder, making more money, or climbing the ladder faster. These are musings about the nature and meaning of work in our lives. They are tips for finding peace when over half of our waking hours are devoted to doing something most of us would, deep down, just rather not be doing.
In these 19 short vignettes, you’ll find thoughts
Why it's okay if work isn’t your passionHow to navigate workplace theater and incompetenceWhen to grind, when to quit, and how to pick a job pragmaticallyWhat you're really optimizing for in your career, and how to figure it outThis book won't tell you to love your job, but in less than 45 minutes, it will teach you how to see it with more clarity and a little less illusion.
45 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 9, 2025
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