[ddelt]

My primary goal now is to be able to spend as much time with my loved ones as possible, because that is time that has no price. And when I say "time", I don't just mean passively sitting there with them; I mean actually 100% mentally engaged and enjoying their company and presence.

I used to think in my early 20s that if I worked really hard and lived that SV grind lifestyle, that I would magically make a lot of money and life would be easy.

In fact, what ended up happening was reality - I lost a loved one midway through my 20s, and it altered my perception of just what is actually important vs. what is noise.

Now I just want to make sure I spend just enough time to keep doing well at work, and use everything else in the tank for the really important things.

[ramtatatam]

This becomes even more important once you have children. Important and in many ways difficult, especially if you did not get that kind of attention from your parents when you was a child.