[GijsjanB]

All the comments applaud the change and to avoid the unavoidable, but isn't the unavoidable a "normal" path almost everybody takes? When you are young, you have all the options. When you're done studying, you realize you choose a path. And the options deminish. Than family life, husband/wife, kids. Now you're options are crushed. You need the income. The kids need the stable home. Of course there are a lot of variations (people not studying, not having kids, being wealthy, etc), but I think the majority do study, work and have kids.

I wonder, is your father still around? Did he have other plans? Or, like you, "life happened"?

I'm not saying you shouldn't spice up your life by getting out of your comfort zone. I'm saying, accept the part that "life happened". You did nothing wrong, you walked the path, like the rest of us. Now make the best of it!

[jamesrcole]

> You did nothing wrong, you walked the path, like the rest of us.

Earlier in your comment you say "Of course there are a lot of variations", but then here you treat it as if everyone ("the rest of us") walks that same path. Not everyone does.

[loblollyboy]

I would kill to be a normie

[adiusmus]

Aim higher. And a bit to the right. Breathe.

Everyone who is “normal” has quirks. If you don’t see any then you haven’t looked closely enough.