We tend to mix-up these concepts in our minds, and that can complicate things for us.
Here are some broad ways of classifying them:
Job – Think of Job as a project we are hired to do. It is usually defined by a contract and some rules of engagement
Work – Work is the essence of a multitude of activities that we do – teaching, gardening, cooking, meditating, farming, parenting.
Identity – Identity is the cloak of self-worth and self-identification we wear for ourselves and also for the world. Self / social identities play out as a musician, carpenter, homemaker, parent, entrepreneur
Income – Income is the money that comes, from multiple sources, one of them being the job.
Retirement:
So when we retire, which part of us is retiring? Why?
Freedom:
How do we get enough income to 1/ Feel Safe and 2/ reclaim our time and desired identity?
Work/ life balance:
What is that?