I'm editing this from Obsidian. Curious if it will push correctly.
Recently, I've been wondering... where should we put our efforts? We shouldn't expect work to be fun, and it's never complete. How often does the work need to be fulfilling to be worthwhile? I've been pondering a lot about how long our careers are. Let's say that I can actually work 40 years. I'm quickly approaching more than one third complete. So, what's left for the next two thirds? At some point, I finish, right?
And if so, how will I define what success looks like? To always have a job without ceasing so that I can purchase assets outside of work? To change the world somehow? What's a life worth to say that I've completed my career well?
It's easy to identify "not goals". Like I know that I don't want to be a bad leader, or a bad engineer. But it's hard to imagine which engineer's career I want to follow. And, whether I was born to be that kind of engineer? If someone is destined for greatness and doesn't achieve it, whose fault is that? Inversely, does it right make if I am average and I attain mediocrity?