The truth is that man needs work even more than he needs a wage. Those who seek the welfare of the workers should be less anxious to obtain good pay, good holidays and good pensions for them than good work, which is the first of their goods. For the object of work is not so much to make objects as to make men. A man makes himself by making something useful.
— Mahatma Gandhi
This, too, is another piece of the puzzle of what I want to do with my life. I'm not sure where it goes yet.
[ETA: Note to self: The jobs you hated while you had them were the ones where you were being paid mostly to wait for something to happen. Do not forget this.]