For the record, Jon's post pretty much says-- more tongue in cheek, to be sure-- what mine does.

My DD16 regularly talks to me about this. Some of her college friends despair of their chances to "make it" in life... as in, measure up to what they envision "success" looking like. They are frantic to do more-more-more-more-more. They have a competitive mindset, and they live in a sort of paranoid fervor of needing to "outcompete" everyone for-- well, The Prize.

Then there are those who realize that success doesn't look the same for everyone. There is a path that takes you through life that doesn't involve dollar signs, and it's a lot easier and for a lot of people, it makes you feel better along the way.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.