Followed similar tangents, but it's easy to forget the scope of fear from those earlier years. Afraid of failure, of not having the capacity to provide for anyo

Followed similar tangents, but it's easy to forget the scope of fear from those earlier years. Afraid of failure, of not having the capacity to provide for anyone else let alone myself, of working a shit job I can't get out of (like my father). It wasn't even about keeping up with the Joneses; as you say, the career is a means to an end, but you still want the means. Priorities change also, we tend to be more ambitious when we're young.