I'm turning 40 and I'm super burnt out but I have a mortgage to pay. I really want to quit and do something different but I can't afford it.
Ask HN: How to know what you want to do for the rest of your life.
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Re: Ask HN: How to know what you want to do for the rest of your life.
#22An 80yr old told me the third job is the good one.
Re: Ask HN: How to know what you want to do for the rest of your life.
#2345 and couldn't figure that out either. I have family, work and kid so that's pretty much "everything" in modern Capitalism. But I did figure out that there are two types of people. One figured out what they wanted to do in early life and went ahead to leave their names in history. The other didn't and perhaps never did. There is not much one can do. If you are in the first camp you simply could not suppress the eage…
Right these thoughts make me feel bad. I dont want to be from second group but i think i am from that group, at least till now.
No one asked to be born, and no one is obliged to "make their mark". In fact, staying out of the news, out of the hospital, and out of jail is not a bad rough set of goals.
As long as we're here, we might as well "Party on", "Be excellent to each other", and, in general, do our best to enjoy the situation until we're no longer.
(all tourists eventually leave; some just take longer than others)