So what happens when you hit sort of the middle years of your life and you realize, you know what?
This isn't going the way that I hoped it would go.
That's what today's good life project riff is all about.
It actually comes from a question that was sent to me, and I'm going to share that question with the person who sent its permission.
The reason I wanted to speak about this a little bit is because I get this question in so many variations, so often that I just thought it made sense to speak to it.
So here we go.
The email I received says, hi, Jonathan, in your most recent podcast with John Acuff, he mentions that to live a good life is to be who he honestly is, and for that to be enough.
This makes a lot of sense to me, but I find myself struggling to figure out who I am during the past 24 years of my life.
I spent the first six getting an education, which put me fairly deeply in debt.
I then dedicated the next several years to working to pay off the debt.
And during the last 18 years, all I've been doing is working my tail off for someone else.
What a waste of my time.
If I was to break my life into an average 24 hours a day.
I spend about seven sleeping.
There's nothing I can do about that except have a comfortable bed.
So far, so good there.
Spend about 5 hours a day with my family.
Personally, my family life is something I'm very proud of.
It's an absolute joy to be at home and with them.
Fact is, though, it doesn't pay the bills.