If your job is your purpose in life he may have a point. I feel sorry for you if that’s the case though; retiring in two weeks. I’ve had lots of practice— I take off around two months each winter to spend time in the woods with my dogs, writing, getting in shape, and doing the many hobbies I love. I get up early each morning, and tax myself physically and mentally far more than my job does.
Yup. My hobbies became full-time.
Depends. My job was also my passion. I love IT. So after I retired at 52 I still do IT but work on projects that I’m passionate about and on my schedule. Mostly for personal knowledge and scratching my IT itch.
Having said that, if my job was not my passion I agree with you. It sounds like this doctor was in a similar position as me, but didn’t really articulate it properly or understand that not everyone is as fortunate to have the two things align.