Late last year, I made a bold decision to take a career break. At the age of 41, it was a time filled with mixed emotions—relief from the daily grind of unfulfilling work, but also a looming uncertainty about the future since I am taking my foot off the pedal on my original retirement plan of retiring by the age of 50. During this break, I had a lot of mixed feelings when contemplating if I want to return to the corporate life to continue building my career. At the same time, this journey has led me to confront the pervasive existence of what David Graeber terms “bullshit jobs” thanks to the blog articles by Christopher Ng from Growing your tree of prosperity which got me thinking about whether I want to give up years of my lifespan in exchange for some money to work on a “bullshit job.”...