How to stay human

This is one of those 'hear hear' quotes; sums up just how I feel about it, at the moment.

So we've got a national problem - the problem of living too long, too energetically and of producing too few young people to support us in traditional ways. So take the next step. Say that work keeps you fitter and brighter, not wearily stressed. Say that work is a boon, not a blight. Stop banging on about lost dreams and remember the nightmares of wasted lives you lamented the week before last.
Value, at every level, the companionship and comradeship that work has on tap. Value the fun and the laughs and the achievements. Cherish the chance of carrying on where you can. Embrace that little chameleon. It's the half-full way to stay joined to the human race.

In a world where it may be that flexi and portfolio working become the norm, this isn't so alien, surely?
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