The author's grandmother worked at a coffee shop in southern Italy. She says she was raised with the idea that you can be whoever you want to be. Her parents are psychologists, which makes her example A but also shows how generational lines pass down.
In today's episode, Simone Stolzoff ("The Good Enough Job") tells Michael that when you think about the role work plays in your life, "it's worth considering that valuing more free time over more money tends to be more fulfilling and lead to higher overall well-being."