There is this article I read recently from “Philosophy Now” about the difference between meaning and well-being when it comes to how to live well. The rather correct argument for discriminating these two is balance. If you go hard into one direction that gives you meaning (achievement, contribution to a certain field etc.), it contradicts with the idea of well-being, which assumes a balance between areas in your life - health, relationships, love, career etc.
This also got me thinking of how I approach balance and the kind of person that I tend to be. When it comes to work or projects, I can be obsessive - constantly working and not properly ensuring balance. If I were an artist, a startup CEO or something like that, I would just get really obsessed with work in the worst way possible. Even now, over the past few days and past weeks I’ve been quite obsessive about work, and I didn’t really ensure boundaries. When I wasn’t at my desk, I was still juggling ideas in my head. I will say this helps obviously; some of the best ideas come when you’re not actively working on them. However, that is not healthy, and in the end you get tired mentally.