My wife is a horse trainer, makes not much money (no way we could survive without my salary!) and loves her life. When she first decided to do this, I was irritated and thought it was a waste of all that intelligence, but then I remembered that life is short and slips away quickly and realized that she was lucky to have found the kind of work that makes her truly happy. Enjoying the life we have now is far more important than how many toys we leave it with.
For me, I'm focusing first on all the things I wanted to do but that I put aside for so many years: for now that's building boats. I'm still doing tech entrepreneurial work on the side, but it's aimed at replacing my corporate income and simplifying my life, not at getting rich.
My wife is a horse trainer, makes not much money (no way we could survive without my salary!) and loves her life. When she first decided to do this, I was irritated and thought it was a waste of all that intelligence, but then I remembered that life is short and slips away quickly and realized that she was lucky to have found the kind of work that makes her truly happy. Enjoying the life we have now is far more important than how many toys we leave it with.
For me, I'm focusing first on all the things I wanted to do but that I put aside for so many years: for now that's building boats. I'm still doing tech entrepreneurial work on the side, but it's aimed at replacing my corporate income and simplifying my life, not at getting rich.