I’m not sure if Bukerman has the worst job or the best job. His work¹ consists of being anxious about life, actively researching coping mechanisms, then writing a summary (with a dash of personal interpretation) to an audience suffering from the same maladies.
His curse is that he may never be able to attain nirvana: Doing so would destroy his source of income, which would bring back the stress. I do get the feeling he might (perhaps paradoxically) be at peace with the thought, that he accepted his neuroticism as an integral part of who he is and is learning to manage those feelings instead of trying to change all at once. Life, after all, is a journey and not a destination.
His curse is that he may never be able to attain nirvana: Doing so would destroy his source of income, which would bring back the stress. I do get the feeling he might (perhaps paradoxically) be at peace with the thought, that he accepted his neuroticism as an integral part of who he is and is learning to manage those feelings instead of trying to change all at once. Life, after all, is a journey and not a destination.
¹ Which I’ve been following from “This Column Will Change Your Life”, in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/thiscolumnwi...