I agree with most of what you've said here - and you've said it well. However, I think that if you can find, or rather create, the right kind of job, it doesn't need to feel like "work."

There are jobs that offer the freedom to travel, to speak, to learn, write, and share ideas. The keyis fibbing the right ones.

And that requires the type of thinking you've illustrated here. Resteemed and upvoted!