A balanced life

i can still vaguely rem wat i've learnt in HR class last year. On the topic of the meaning of work. Which revolves around the concept that work is crucial to satisfying the needs human beings - mental needs as well as physical needs. Some journals which i've read still quote that about 80+% of humans will still continue working even though they have enough money not to fret for the rest of their lives. =)

So brings us back to e qn: How important or to wat extent can the meaning of work satisfy our mental and physical needs? It is reasonable to assume then that different individuals require different levels of mental/physical satisfaction from the meaning of work, right? So wats the level of physical/mental satisfaction that you need from the work aspect of your life? wats the level of satisfaction that you need from e non work aspects of your life?

Brings us back to e basic theory that all humans have needs:
Physical Needs: Food, Rest, etc
Mental Needs: Fulfillment, achievement, need to spend time alone with oneself, recognition
Spiritual Needs: Religion, Need to be ethically and morally upright, etc
R/s Needs: Need to form bonds, feelings with other human beings: frens/family/spouse

So where does e meaning of work come into e picture here? It again depends on wat are your needs that you can satisfy by working. E rest of the needs will then have to be fulfilled by the non work aspects of our lives, from play, socializing, and other types of activities.

Hence for each individual there should exist a tailor made recipe for his contentment in life. Which should be also known as the ultimate aim of every being: to achieve a fully balanced life where all his needs/wants can be satisfied as much as possible through the use of scarce resources (time, money, etc) =) so wats ur recipe for contentment?