{"id":7163,"date":"2026-02-11T12:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylviebremond.com\/?p=7163"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:20:19","slug":"work-hard-or-be-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylviebremond.com\/en\/2026\/02\/11\/work-hard-or-be-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Work hard or be happy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mlhxnd2q-43d55522edae6858dfa1305ac1870ee9\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mlhxnd2q-43d55522edae6858dfa1305ac1870ee9{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mlhxnd2q-43d55522edae6858dfa1305ac1870ee9 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mlhxnd2q-43d55522edae6858dfa1305ac1870ee9 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mlhxnd2q-43d55522edae6858dfa1305ac1870ee9 av-special-heading-h3  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itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>What does this lead to?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2192Skilled but drained people.<br \/>\n\u2192\u201cSuccessful\u201d but joyless careers.<br \/>\n\u2192An entire generation that doubts itself, resigns, or slowly fades away.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the world of work is changing at an unprecedented pace: AI, disappearing jobs, shattered reference points, and a blurring of meaning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So no, the real question is no longer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich job should I choose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The real question has become:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can I rediscover the joy of contributing in an unstable world?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From this emerged a deliberately unsettling concept: work-as-pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>Not as a feel-good slogan.<br \/>\nNot as a naive promise.<\/p>\n<p>But as an adaptive skill, almost a survival 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