Not so long ago, I was a core performer in our little team. Level 1. Being in the trenches, there is at times comfort in the simplicity of all the work involved. Having to know only up to what you can do, has a definitive advantage in some deep way.
Direction. For me, a life without direction, unless you like floating through the proverbial thing called life, having purpose, makes living more challenging, interactive and in entirety “livable”.