To you, the word ‘regret’ is still an abstract concept. If you don’t figure out that there are things in life you love more than work, you’ll learn about regret first hand.
Thinking about a spouse? Kids? Hell, friends? A dog? See how much they appreciate how inconsequential your choosing work instead of them is.
What are you here on earth to do?
John Calvin is dead and gone. So is the Bushido Code. Nobody is waiting around handing out big rewards for your personal sacrifice. And it is a sacrifice. What are you getting for it? Not what are you hoping to get, what are you actually getting? If that answer is enough for you, great, if it isn’t then you need to back up a bit. Those midlife crises can be a doozy.
Thinking about a spouse? Kids? Hell, friends? A dog? See how much they appreciate how inconsequential your choosing work instead of them is.
What are you here on earth to do?
John Calvin is dead and gone. So is the Bushido Code. Nobody is waiting around handing out big rewards for your personal sacrifice. And it is a sacrifice. What are you getting for it? Not what are you hoping to get, what are you actually getting? If that answer is enough for you, great, if it isn’t then you need to back up a bit. Those midlife crises can be a doozy.