From someone who has been in a deep depression for many a decade: What makes you happy? It seems like a difficult question, but it's not really. The first an

From someone who has been in a deep depression for many a decade: What makes you happy? It seems like a difficult question, but it's not really. The first answer is usually the right one. And in this case you already said it, it's your son. Also $500k is not bad for being 33. 15 years ago in my 30's I barely had $200k. I'm now worth ~$2M without living on a CA salary. You won't find it this advice here necessarily, but frankly, failure is absolutely okay. It's just what you do with it that matters. Whatever is that you think you're supposed to be good at, or whatever you thought you were supposed to be at your age, I can assure you. It's okay. Your son will be the most amazing person in your life, and he won't care if you didn't become a billionaire at age 40. The other good news is this, your kid likely has 4 years before developing permanent memories. So you have a few years to fix your financial situation to get to a place you want to be to spend more time with him.