How to Balance Making a Living and Living a Meaningful Life

I do feel quite privileged to be working in a job that nurtures my creative spirit I do a lot of big meta problem solving for government. In order to nurture your most creative self there is an element of taking good care of yourself too like the well-being question kind of comes into play when I've been very burnt out or exhausted it's very hard for me to think creatively because you're in survival mode. Over the last couple years maybe it's just aging and becoming a bit more wise but I've put a lot more emphasis on actually taking care of myself so that I can take care of all other aspects of my life. Just really trying to be more in tune with my wants