What a great article. I have lived on both sides. I had a big life, and while I didn’t appreciate it at the time, I was extremely happy. I blew it all up, thinking early retirement would be wonderful. It took only 5 years before I had serious addiction issues and I didn’t care if I lived or died. That revelation sobered me up pretty quickly and my life has turned around wonderfully as I stay busy once again.
Personally, one superpower I wish for is to be productive 24/7, without sleep. We spend a third of our lives on sleep in addition to being unproductive during our waking hours. There is so much we could accomplish with an additional 25-30 years (average-ish), if we could.
That's what motivates me to keep pushing and juggling stuff while we can. It's not for everyone and not saying it's healthy but some of us are just built different!
What a great article. I have lived on both sides. I had a big life, and while I didn’t appreciate it at the time, I was extremely happy. I blew it all up, thinking early retirement would be wonderful. It took only 5 years before I had serious addiction issues and I didn’t care if I lived or died. That revelation sobered me up pretty quickly and my life has turned around wonderfully as I stay busy once again.
Personally, one superpower I wish for is to be productive 24/7, without sleep. We spend a third of our lives on sleep in addition to being unproductive during our waking hours. There is so much we could accomplish with an additional 25-30 years (average-ish), if we could.
That's what motivates me to keep pushing and juggling stuff while we can. It's not for everyone and not saying it's healthy but some of us are just built different!
I guess these mrkts/world affairs are so dull you have run out of 2/wk ideas:))
I forwarded this to a bunch of people. It's hilarious and insightful, which made it one of the best things I've read in quite some time.