I've often heard and seen quotes stating that "the people who will miss you most when you are gone are your family", your work will replace you in an instant.
I hope this is not the case for you. If you are not doing a work that you really like, then I think you just have a job. I like what the other quote would often say, "love your work and you will work no longer" or something in that effect. Where is the balance there? First you have a magnificent life by doing what you want to do, finding out what this is is where the balance lies.
Nigel Marsh in Ted Talk puts it nicely in the video below.
Video uploaded in Ted.com
Find your meaning in life and find the balance.
ram nolasco
