en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/303558 Comments by soyrex http://ryancarson.com/enjoying-life/how-to-make-work-meaningful/ #IDComment14101123 I agree with you both, it is important that your work be meaningful. I suppose my comment came off a little more glib than intended.. I was just poking fun at the metaphor. But you raise a good point Ryan, we do spend MORE time doing our work than just about anything else in our lives, so a level of satisfaction is definitely necessary. Over the last year or so I've had the opportunity to build a couple of free websites for people less well off than myself, as well as working on a few personal projects and both these things have made me feel better about myself, and also my work. At the end of the day though, you have to keep telling yourself: "work to live, don't live to work". @Melissa: regarding regrets in professional life... if my career were to end today, then yes there would be things i would still be wishing i could have done.. (like work in an office with beanbags ;P). Seriously though, I think it's important to have a plan and a set of goals to meet, otherwise it's very easy to coast through a career saying to yourself "ah well, I'm paying the rent.. it's not that bad" - i did it for a couple of years myself. Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:10:12 +0000 http://ryancarson.com/enjoying-life/how-to-make-work-meaningful/ #IDComment14101123 http://ryancarson.com/enjoying-life/how-to-make-work-meaningful/ #IDComment14071796 Ryan, You really going to gauge your life on your professional achievements? that's a bit extreme.. I hope my gravestone *doesn't* read "Made some websites" :) Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:20:36 +0000 http://ryancarson.com/enjoying-life/how-to-make-work-meaningful/ #IDComment14071796