My friend had a medical emergency in university that required her to be hospitalized for weeks and unable to work/go to school for months after that, she filed the proper paperwork with the university, but they lost it. By the time she even found out what happened her students loans went into default and her credit was ruined. Went she recovered she would work various jobs for crap pay often putting in 50-60 hours a week. Despite this she was generally content with things. At the start of the pandemic she was offered a 9-5 job as a WFH secretary for a small business. The pay was much more than she's made at any time in her life (even when she was working 2-3 jobs), good benefits, weekends and holidays off, she's even received several raises and bonuses since. Her boss can be a bit nosey/helicopter-ish at times, but he's not a bad guy, he was also the only employee at the company for about 7 years, so I can kinda understand. The best part is she only actually works 1-3 hours a day, she's primarily paid to be available (answer phones/check emails), her boss knows this and doesn't care what she does with her time as long as her work gets done.
The problem is she isn't happy with this. She's not in an industry she wants to be in, and she doesn't feel a sense of pride in her work. I've convinced her to pursue hobbies or special interests since she definitely has the time, money and space to do it. She's considering switching jobs to something that is more fast paced and exciting to her, even though she would take a hit in her pay, benefits and schedule.
How do you get people to shake this mindset? She has a sweet deal and I feel like she's being brainwashed into thinking she's not working hard enough. I've tried to talk her out of doing something reckless, she knows she doesn't have an argument against me but I can't seem to get through to her. Nobody should have their value tied to their job.