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<blockquote data-quote="zatara" data-source="post: 811008" data-attributes="member: 5046">@Peregrine I completely agree with that. I can respect someone who prioritizes partying in their 20s, and does it right. Or I can equally respect someone who prioritizes their career in their 20s. I think both won't have regrets later in life - both have a goal, and they decide to chase it. But its the people who fall into the vague middleground who are never really sure what they want that suffer. Not much point slaving away in a job youre only 'meh' about 50 weeks a year to live the party lifestyle 2 weeks a year... @Ice I absolutely agree retiring at 40 is far from realistic. I just think thats the goal a lot of men in their 20s set themselves when trying to justify working their balls off in their 20s - I've seen it posted here a lot for instance. So I used that as my example. I agree with almost everything else in your last 2 posts too, re: doing what you're good at (and not OD'ing at 40!) etc.I just think its hard for most men to &quot;easily party &amp; travel in your 20ies &amp; 30ies and at the same time build your skills and have a good career.&quot; - especially in the US. Most well paying jobs in the US don't give you more than a couple weeks leave a year at best, which just isn't anywhere near enough to properly experience life. That's why I always recommend people spend a few years post-college working as a barman, traveling the world etc. Doing that you obtain a good chunk of life experience that you likely never would otherwise, then can settle into the working world in your late 20s. Essentially, my tl;dr is probably the working world will wait a few years - partying/travel will not. Better to maximise each in turn, than half-arse at both.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zatara, post: 811008, member: 5046"] @Peregrine I completely agree with that. I can respect someone who prioritizes partying in their 20s, and does it right. Or I can equally respect someone who prioritizes their career in their 20s. I think both won't have regrets later in life - both have a goal, and they decide to chase it. But its the people who fall into the vague middleground who are never really sure what they want that suffer. Not much point slaving away in a job youre only 'meh' about 50 weeks a year to live the party lifestyle 2 weeks a year... @Ice I absolutely agree retiring at 40 is far from realistic. I just think thats the goal a lot of men in their 20s set themselves when trying to justify working their balls off in their 20s - I've seen it posted here a lot for instance. So I used that as my example. I agree with almost everything else in your last 2 posts too, re: doing what you're good at (and not OD'ing at 40!) etc. I just think its hard for most men to "easily party & travel in your 20ies & 30ies and at the same time build your skills and have a good career." - especially in the US. Most well paying jobs in the US don't give you more than a couple weeks leave a year [i]at best[/i], which just isn't anywhere near enough to properly experience life. That's why I always recommend people spend a few years post-college working as a barman, traveling the world etc. Doing that you obtain a good chunk of life experience that you likely never would otherwise, then can settle into the working world in your late 20s. Essentially, my tl;dr is probably the working world will wait a few years - partying/travel will not. Better to maximise each in turn, than half-arse at both. [/QUOTE]

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