The person who sacrifices too much enjoyment of life

 

“The person who sacrifices too much enjoyment of life to serve  the purpose of future wealth and security is thus making the mistake  of overestimating the extent to which his future life will be better  than the one he could have now.Being wealthy may make life a bit  better but not so much better that it is worth sacrificing years of  one’s life to work for.This is even more important when it comes  to personal relationships,which are consistently highlighted by  psychologists as being important for personal happiness.  Neglecting friendships for work is almost inevitably a poor tradeoff in terms of life satisfaction,since they are precisely the kind of  thing which cannot simply be bought once one has become  sufficiently wealthy.How many marriages and partnerships have  been put under strain or even ruined by one partner spending so  much time at work that they neglect their relationship?”