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The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd cover image

#146 Separating Work & Identity - Simone Stolzoff on the myth of a "Dream Job," last-minute around the world trip, journalism, work, identity, writing his book, knowing when to quit, and the dangers of turning passion into a livelihood

The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd

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The Importance of Taking Off From Work

"I'm writing a book about the culture of overwork and work centricity in America and I'm doing it on the side of a full-time job. That irony is not lost on me" "The biggest one is just knowing when to stop even when the work is not done there's this guy that I spoke to for the book who's this religious scholar named Kasperter Kyle," she says. 'We can often be our own worst micromanagers you know like we can be the ones cracking the digital whip'

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