Colin_Admin
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Do we work to live or do we live to work?
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Do we work to live?
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Lightkeeper
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I think it is both. "Idle hands are the...." If you are a Donald Trump type, you live to work.
Runt
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I hope one day I will work to live AND live to work... but that is because the career I want to pursue involves something that my life would not be complete without: writing (I want to be an author, in case you can't tell). And I also want to possibly pursue the Unitarian Ministry... which I HOPE will be just as fulfilling! 
We live. There is no natural law telling us to DO something. But to survive, most of us have to work.
In fact, I (61) am on a disability pension, so I do not have to work. I do not feel any guilt or missed "purpose in life" because of that. I am having a good time after a fairly long life of work. I never valued work as such. It was just for survival (and, fortunately, sometimes for fun).
In fact, I (61) am on a disability pension, so I do not have to work. I do not feel any guilt or missed "purpose in life" because of that. I am having a good time after a fairly long life of work. I never valued work as such. It was just for survival (and, fortunately, sometimes for fun).