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Why earning to give can become unsustainable martyrdom

I work 80 hours a week at a job I hate to maximize my donations but I'm so burned out I can barely function.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The sacrifice of present well-being for future impact creates a moral framework that cannibalizes the self.

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