Whilst it&#x27;s true that we shouldn&#x27;t overlook the experience of others, I believe if we try to look at the issues all at once we&#x27;ll not get anywhere (analysis paralysis) or will generalise too much and miss the finer details.<p>You touched on one of the key points for me when you said &quot;never got to feel the joy of learning&quot;. Perhaps that&#x27;s the key problem in this case too, as the author didn&#x27;t seem to have discovered the joy of learning, but  discovered the joy of achieving, and the price you pay when you don&#x27;t have other joys to balance you out.<p>I can&#x27;t wait for a time when we lose our obsession with work ethic. Not that working at something you want is automatically bad, far from it, but it&#x27;s not the only way to enjoy life. One day I hope we can see that being a slacker can be a noble profession.