I have this conversation with my wife occasionally. Those moving goalposts are the difference between 'doing ok' and 'making progress'. I had a solid job, ben

I have this conversation with my wife occasionally. Those moving goalposts are the difference between 'doing ok' and 'making progress'. I had a solid job, benefits, place of my own to live, friends, and a spouse at 25. I went stir-crazy though - at that point, you've 'succeeded', what is left to do? What's next? To muddy the metaphor a little - once you've mastered the 30yard field goal, why keep kicking it? Back up and try the 40, 50, etc. That said, I do think it's important to remember that you have mastered the 30, and that failure at the 80 isn't 'failure' in anybody but your own eyes.