[Link] Lifehack article promoting rationality-themed ideas, namely long-term orientation, mere-exposure effect, consider-the-alternative, and agency

It's simply "work first, fun later" on a larger scale.

It is possible that you are leaving out an important piece of the equation?

Debt first, work second, fun much later if, and only if, you are able to avoid the hedonic inflation that so often infects those who pursue careers for prestige.

Viliam, good point about the general principle of a million bucks, although it would probably be more in the modern world.

However - and this is something I chose not to go into in the article due to word constrictions - people who go into medicine don't have that mentality. They generally have a mentality of working as a doctor throughout their life until they retire. It's really hard to choose a Schelling point to stop working in that sort of profession - doctor, lawyer, etc. It's much easier for entrepreneurs who have a natural out when their business gets bought out. Doctors etc. often association their source of meaning and purpose with their professional activities.

Thanks for the feedback, will keep it shorter in the future :-)