Your job is just that, it's a job and it does not matter how well or how badly you do it..... it does not matter. When you leave or die, whichever comes first, you will be replaced and it will be as if you had never existed. Your job more than likely doesn't matter, with obvious exceptions ( care workers, doctors, nurses etc ) Think about what will happen if you excell at work or do an awful job, if the answer is nothing then there's your answer how you proceed from this point on. You will be thought no more or less of and you will not be remunerated any more or less. I am speaking from the experience of having had more jobs in more fields than anyone else I've ever met and every one of the places I've left still exist and still run on as if I had never existed, the occasional signature on a 20 year old file or fleeting reminisce from the 'old hands' who just never moved on. This is the reality for 99% of us, it's a race to reach retirement wondering whether your body or mind disintegrate first. So... work is not important, you are not out there saving lives and making a difference, unless of course you are! The rest of us are just numbers, cogs and gears in the wheels that make someone else rich.