Beautiful article! I've been in a whirlwind of emotions related to career stuff (beating myself up for not being further along) and then one day recently I realized "wait a minute, my true 'work' is the work I do on my own consciousness." I think Buddhism has been positively influencing me. I like that you say everything else is a mental construct. That's why we have to learn to be mindful, so that we can construct the right universe to live in-- a pleasant one.