I find that when people espouse the notion of "Work hard, play hard" they are missing fundamental facts about human capabilities.

Your health is worth money, literally. You start life with a fixed level of savings. Every day you go to work, you are drawing from the bank.

I know many people that had high-paying but high-stress jobs, and quit them in favor of lower-paying, lower-stress jobs. And now they spend time cleaning their house too, and they enjoy it (cleaning your house can be relaxing and rewarding). They made the right choice, by any objective metric.