To be a little more helpful, I'll add that people DO take “quality of life” careers "without either inheriting or getting rich first".
Just ask your average gigging musician, writer, designer, and so on.
People who run "lifestyle" business and refuse to grow them outside a living income.
People who opted out of the rat race, from the start, or mid-career, and downsized, without being rich, to have more time with family, reduce stress, etc.
useless swipe and naive advice, especially in this day and age. I can barely make friends who share my hobbies, what hope do I have in breaking the ice with someone completely different? I'm not going to specifically crash other meetups just to "expand my horizons".
>Speak less, learn more.
yes, that's why inroverts dont make as many friends, and are instead arguing with each other on Hacker News.
If all your friends and acquaintances look like you and don’t have differing perspectives, then you should totally widen your social circle.
Speak less, learn more. Ask questions.
Break out of the loop. Say no to the algorithm.