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I was very fortunate (unfortunate) to learn harsh career lessons. I was trying to climb the corporate ladder. I was chasing the promises of upward mobility. Get married. Get a house. Have a kid. It took a couple of instances for me to learn the lesson that most of it is not really worth it. I kept getting blocked on the ladder (some of this was my own immaturity). Sometimes I got pushed off the ladder. Then it hit me - what do I hope to gain? My priorities were so out of whack. I adjusted. It can be done. But it was a process. FOMO. Keeping up with the Joneses. Those are beguiling for sure.

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