Some realize it later than others, but life is long. There's a lot of emphasis on carpe diem, live today like it's your last, etc. That's actually a very good w

Some realize it later than others, but life is long. There's a lot of emphasis on carpe diem, live today like it's your last, etc. That's actually a very good way to get anxious about what you're doing today when you could be doing it tomorrow. Sounds like procrastination, I know. The thing is, putting things off makes sense. You can't do everything you could ever want today, or tomorrow, or this week, or next. But you also have several decades to do things. I think my greatest peace of mind comes from the knowledge of three things: - I have plenty of time. And if I die suddenly from disease or accident or whatever, the bad thing will be death, not “I didn't do everything!” - I won't ever do everything I want to. My mind is coming up with new things that might be interesting to explore on a reasonably regular basis. But that's okay. The things I choose are what make my life distinct from that of others. - What I want to do is going to constantly change. More of a corollary to the previous one, but what I'm doing today will have inevitable influence on what I want to do tomorrow. Choosing to focus on taking care of your family now doesn't mean you'll never have another opportunity to attain financial freedom. That opportunity may take a different shape than what you're thinking of right now though. Sometimes it's good to just let things settle for a while before launching into the Next Big Thing. Sometimes you let things settle out and you realize the Next Big Thing wasn't what you originally had in mind. That's what makes things fun ;)