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From someone who has actually been there and is getting close to 40, first define what success means to you.

I too burned myself out around when I was 30, got ulcers and Chrohns disease (still have it but it's manageable now), and kept on see-sawing between falling ill and working like crazy.

My experience is that too much stress makes the body susceptible to many ills, and is just not worth it.

What does success mean to you?

- Is is accumulation of wealth ? - Is it a social projection (people perceiving you as successful) ? - Is it the satisfaction of having lived a positive, constructive and happy life ?

I cannot say for everyone, but I feel that wealth is important to a certain extent, but beyond a threshold it does not matter a whole lot. Same goes for social projection, but to an even lesser degree. On the other hand if you figure out what truly makes you happy, and what gifts you have, which you can use to lead a positive and constructive life, then success and happiness is in the fact that you are doing what you really want to do.

Just my 2 cents...