That’s the feeling that companies seek to exploit. I like my job, my profession and the mission associated with it, and have a certain level of pride.

End of the day, I have a contract and meet my side of it to the best of my ability. The company does the same, until it doesn’t. My family, my personal life is why I work.

A big part of the push of a bullshit mission is to make you pause your life. People end up not having kids because they waited till they were 38 because the big “mission” taking priority.

> Something you spend 1/2 of your waking life on is never "just" something.

Then don't spend 1/2 your waking life on it. Stick to a 40 hour work week, and don't do weekends.

Even on a 40h week that’s still 35% of waking hours without counting the time needed to prepare, commute, ... including those 50% sounds very reasonable to me?

Yeah that's the tragedy of it.