Is just enjoying life wrong?

I’m going through some sort of mental struggle. I’ve got a job that is actually great. It’s challenging and forces me to grow, but I like what I do. It’s in the crypto space which is strange. I am not a zealot for the coin side of things, but the technology is something I see an immense good in. Self custody of data and assets is huge. I get to spend my days learning about the space and then sharing that learning with others. I’m a developer advocate which boils down to I get to teach people which I thoroughly enjoy.

I think that there are other ways I could teach that I might enjoy more, but scaling is a problem there. I was a 5th grade teacher for a year. Life came and kicked that dream in and I needed a more financially lucrative profession again. I went back to tech. I miss having a visible impact on the world and other’s lives. That’s the feedback I just don’t get with my current role. I know it’s there but I don’t see it day to day and the feedback loop is broken.

That leads to the side hustle culture. I feel and read so much that there are things I should be doing. Start a newsletter, get on YouTube, etc. Grow your own thing. These sound great and I know I could go down that path and I don’t doubt that I would be successful there but...

I want to spend time on the things that matter, and I enjoy. I have a family. Life has taught me to plan for the future but live for the moment you never know when your time on this spaceship will end. It’s a balance that I’m finding hard to find.

Essentially, I’m looking for some sort of confirmation that just enjoying time outside work is an ok goal. I want to just cast my self into work during the day, grow that professional me and then cut it off. Having a hobby for fun NOT for profit. Perhaps I’ve just consumed too much of the modern self improvement and hustle culture content.

Open to any thoughts / suggestions on other content to read, etc.