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Today I read a very long study about career satisfaction, happiness, and the difficulty of attaining either in the contemporary economy.

So. Do you like your job?

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No, you're not. Not at all. [ And there is a little bit of struggle there with adapting to her own framework; sure, it's been years, but there are times when Gisela knows she could use witchcraft to get what she wants, or to make things that much easier. ]

Sometimes I do get that 'drop everything and run away' temptation, I'll admit. I never would, but the thought crosses my mind.

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[ He manages to only look a little embarrassed, but not referring to his own situation with any specifics is a very simple solution to that. ]

The way it's all structured, the way we're supposed to do things — I think part of the problem is how unrelenting it is. You know this is what you want to do but it'd be a heck of a lot easier if you didn't have to be on it, every day, can't miss a beat. If there were more room overall, then people wouldn't fling everything in the air and go hide in a cave.

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[ Whoops, maybe a little on the nose. Oh, well; he doesn't seem to mind too much. ]

You have a point there. I do like a bit of a routine, but part of it is that need to say in the rat race at all times, no matter what profession you're in. The joys of being a millennial...or maybe it was this intense when our parents were young, too, I don't know.

[ But she is skeptical of that. ]