@lyndsaybowes, I would like to say (a) that what you do is completely "real" and authentic, and maybe it's the rest of the world that is "artificially constructed." I used to go give self-development workshops, and that was often one of the teachings we sent people home with when they wanted to know how to apply what they had learned in the "real" world. Well, your world IS "real." And a shining example of what more people should strive for!

Oh, and then there's the JOB thing. Consider this possibility: JOB is merely an acronym for "Just Over Broke."