> Stress of keeping up with tech/research comes from a sense of professional obligations (you'll fall behind to your professional peers)
Okay, I'm literally terrified about not being in the top 1% or top 10% of everything I do. Scared.
I have built my life around me with people that perform at those levels, so everyone from my wife to my best friends may disappear if I'm not performing at those levels. Not to mention, look at nature: The best do what they can and the weak suffer. It is sad, but its reality.
So I work always, every success opens up 2 new problems to deal with.
> Stress of keeping up with tech/research comes from a sense of professional obligations (you'll fall behind to your professional peers)
Okay, I'm literally terrified about not being in the top 1% or top 10% of everything I do. Scared.
I have built my life around me with people that perform at those levels, so everyone from my wife to my best friends may disappear if I'm not performing at those levels. Not to mention, look at nature: The best do what they can and the weak suffer. It is sad, but its reality.
So I work always, every success opens up 2 new problems to deal with.
I was happier drinking Stoic koolaid.