Came to decision yesterday, let’s see how long it lasts. Basically: the work I do will never make me rich and, frankly, is not very important in the greater scheme of things. I’m closer to a telephone hygienist than to, say, sanitation engineer. So doing a lot of work will not actually make me much richer than doing a moderate amount of work. Both of these will keep me somewhere along the scale of comfortable. So why do too much work? Also I might die soon.
I took a step to implement this. My most frenzied and high-paying work at the moment wanted to extend my contract beyond April to cover, basically, the rest of the year. It would have made a good income, but it is also work that makes me quite unhappy – stressed, overworked, anxious, etc. I told them today that I didn’t want to extend it.
This means that, in April-May, I’ll actually have a period of time when I only have part-time work. I’ll also be alone as the GF is going off for a month-long retreat. I should perhaps have gone to Pakistan, but instead I’ve booked myself a flat in Bangkok, with Pakistan booked at the end of that month.