Thanks for taking the time to read and think about my comment. I myself didn't take my uncle's advice seriously at the time, which is all the more reason I can

Thanks for taking the time to read and think about my comment. I myself didn't take my uncle's advice seriously at the time, which is all the more reason I can still remember it now (over a decade later). To clarify it slightly: I enjoy my work, perhaps even more than I did school, but when I think back to meaningful events in my life the months I worked are a blur around the memorable parts. If there's any interesting life lesson I've learned in my few years it's this: just because you're different from the people immediately around you (due to intelligence, drive, etc.) it doesn't mean your broad needs in life (e.g. human companionship, time to unwind) are going to be significantly different than the billions of humans that came before you. That's not dooming you to mediocrity, that's just stats -- that's the intelligent read of the data we have. But despite a million cliche stories of the powerful magnate whose only life regret is that they had spent more time with their children (even Steve Jobs, perhaps: http://technology.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474980520498 http://technology.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=28... ), it may just be a lesson you can only learn from experience.