I echo thoughts here re helping yourself generally being the smart thing to do. I personally love that my current work relies so heavily on my mental wellbeing, it means I can’t tempt myself with overly self-sacrificial narratives.
This said, I also LOVE that EA isn’t about me/us. It’s the tool for doing more good with our careers, and lots of the people involved in it make for great like-minded friends, but it isn’t, and shouldn’t be, our home, or crutch.
I don’t think a community full of people who [make EA too much their everything] is as stable or as robust as one full of people with simply a shared mission.
I like that I have a strong instrumental reason, beyond just common sense, not to feel like maybe I am compelled to make EA/utilitarianism/impact my everything.
I echo thoughts here re helping yourself generally being the smart thing to do. I personally love that my current work relies so heavily on my mental wellbeing, it means I can’t tempt myself with overly self-sacrificial narratives.
This said, I also LOVE that EA isn’t about me/us. It’s the tool for doing more good with our careers, and lots of the people involved in it make for great like-minded friends, but it isn’t, and shouldn’t be, our home, or crutch.
I don’t think a community full of people who [make EA too much their everything] is as stable or as robust as one full of people with simply a shared mission.
I like that I have a strong instrumental reason, beyond just common sense, not to feel like maybe I am compelled to make EA/utilitarianism/impact my everything.