I used to think that, but in reality how do people who don&#x27;t have to work spend their days? I can think of two categories of such people: those unemployed who are paid benefits and not obliged to look for work (in the US through accidents of history this is largely those on disability) and the children of wealthy parents. Neither seem to live happy lives, and in the case of the children of the rich (and, equally, retired people), those who are most fulfilled tend to be those who found conventional employment or something very much like it. I&#x27;ve known friends who took a sabbatical intending to e.g. write a novel, only to find they actually preferred working.