How to Work Hard
One of my greatest regrets is how much time I wasted on &#x27;work&#x27; in my 20s and 30s.  I was an engineer, I made a comfortable salary, but I rarely took a vacation, I never traveled outside the UI, I took days off reluctantly with a vague feeling that I was letting someone down.<p>&quot;Later&quot;, I told myself.  When I&#x27;m successful, when I&#x27;m stable, when I have the money to travel in style and not backpack around and stay at hostels.  Then I can take a break and have the adventures I want.<p>My in-laws confirmed this attitude for me - they retired in their 50s and traveled the world.  What a great life goal!<p>Guess what, life happened.  Health issues.  I&#x27;m never going to travel the world. All that time in my 20s in 30s - I was healthy, I was happy, I was carefree, and I didn&#x27;t appreciate it and threw all that time away sitting at a desk looking at a screen.   Today, now, that&#x27;s about the only thing I&#x27;m fit to do.<p>Don&#x27;t listen to PG, kids.  Live the life you want to have now, not the life you think you&#x27;ll want to have several decades out.