Please report overall long-term life success that includes the family :) Exactly, personal "gold rush" journeys look good on a blog, Wikipedia article, or Tech

Please report overall long-term life success that includes the family :) Exactly, personal "gold rush" journeys look good on a blog, Wikipedia article, or TechCrunch post, but what are these people like in the flesh? Three marriages, children who don't know their fathers ... but hey, they "made" it, right?