[throwawaygal7]

I think the author presents his points from strongest to weakest.

People have different priorities in life. Just how much someone cares about career, financial, social success really feeds into how they'd weigh these points. I would say the author wants children, but desires money and success more.

The point about 'energetic 70 year olds' is cherry picking and really quite weak. Many, if not most, people experience serious physical decline beginning in their late 30s and certainly by the 40s - even with some attention to diet and exercise. I certainly have.

[dilanj]

Thanks for your input!

I do want money and success, but more than anything, I want to realize as many of my own dreams as possible, and also more time and space to invest in personal growth.

On fitness - you are right about 'most people' and I my point entirely is that you should resolve to be fit a fit 70 year old and work towards it. This decision might help you in doing so.

[throwawaygal7]

I think the point about IVF and surrogacy is really quite a good one.

Would it be better to freeze eggs at 18 than 25? Is there a 'too early?'

[dilanj]

That is a really good question! Not sure if there's sufficient data. But what I'm certain of is that egg freezing can be so much cheaper.

For example, even today, it costs Facebook about 20k per employee per freezing cycle to offer this benefit, where's if you go direct, it can be 5k.

And this is without scale.