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Eric Thompson: “workism” - a workist seeks meaning from their job similar to how a religious person seeks meaning from their faith
— Jan 12, 2026 06:41AM
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“Sufficiency isn’t an amount at all. It’s an experience, a context we generate” from Brene Brown.
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We CAN subordinate work to life. “It starts with a simple acknowledgment: you aren’t what you do.”
— Jan 12, 2026 06:51AM
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As an investor benefits from diversifying, we benefit from “diversifying our sources of identity and meaning.”
“Meaning is not something thematbis bestowed upon us. It’s something we create and, as with any act of creation, it requires time and energy. The time to invest in non-work pursuits and the energy to actually do so.”
— Jan 12, 2026 06:49AM
“Meaning is not something thematbis bestowed upon us. It’s something we create and, as with any act of creation, it requires time and energy. The time to invest in non-work pursuits and the energy to actually do so.”

