I have lived apart from my family before for extended periods of time. In my case my ex-wife was never supportive of risk taking. I totally got where she was co

I have lived apart from my family before for extended periods of time. In my case my ex-wife was never supportive of risk taking. I totally got where she was coming from too. However, we needed a roof over our heads and food and 3 kids. In the end, it resulted in divorce. Now my once 7 year old is in college with 2 others headed there very soon. I missed most of their lives to be honest. When you get divorced things can be messy and you have to schedule visits and as the kids get older they may want to be with friends instead on the weekends. I have regrets. I also enjoyed what I was doing. Now, I do wonder if I should have had a 9-5 and how my life would have played out differently. I'm not saying this will happen to you, but there can be an ugly side to relationships when you are working so hard and your family just wants you to sit and watch a movie with some popcorn and you feel like you can't. There is always work to be done.