Great answer. One of the greatest pleasures in life is to work towards your goals and be a part of something bigger than yourself. But at the same time, have fun doing it and enjoy the journey towards it.
Work was hard when I was a kid. As I got older & experienced crappy health, then everything became a real chore. I didn't realize until much later in life that (1) work is a Good Thing, (2) work can be fun & enjoyable, (3) you could find jobs that you like to do more than other jobs, (4) you can find a calling or a career, not just a job - something you're actually passionate about, care about, and become engaged in, and (5) you're only as stuck in a job as you
imagine yourself to be.
Also, if you don't live an extravagant lifestyle, then at a certain point, money stops mattering so much, once you get comfortable. I left a high-paying job due to a stressful work environment, and I fought leaving it for literally years. I grew up with the idea that it was acceptable to live like that, to go to work & low-key hate it, but go anyway because then you don't have to really think or try beyond that. I was seduced by the comfort of having a job that I knew how to do & that paid well, but where I wasn't happy in. Learning that (1) I was only as stuck as I decided to be, and (2) that I could choose weather or not to let other people or jobs walk all over me or not were both huge eye-openers for me.
I see a lot of people who decide they are stuck in their jobs & where living life in neutral is acceptable. That was my route for a long time. Externally, nothing has really changed much - I still fix computers & whatnot - but internally, I'm much happier. Sure, financially, it means I have to save up for stuff & manage my budget more carefully by doing things like cooking at home (yay appliances), but I don't loathe going to work every day & I don't operate in low-key apathy-mode all day long anymore. For me, that's a big difference in how much I enjoy my life on a day-to-day basis.