We all want the same thing...but in different ways to achieve this.

Hell, I have no answers. All I know is that if I want something badly enough, I will find a way...my own way. My decisions will be based on that premise. I wanted three children. This was not a wise decision. I had an opportunity to own my own hair salon. I wanted no part of that because I saw what my father went through with his business. I made a different choice.
I have lowered my expectations over the years, and especially since we have retired.

I am just grateful I can watch my granddaughter after school.

I don't want people to go without. But this is not a land of milk and honey.
Testicular and ovarian fortitude are a dying attribute.
I love California. My absolute favorite place on earth. I can't live there. This is an unwise decision on my part.
Life is hard and people think if they wish hard enough and long enough, and if they are good enough then, by golly they deserve it. Well...deserving it and having it are apples and oranges.

And the corporate bonuses that we all have varying grudge matches with the demonic inequity of? Jeebus...get over it. Move on...breathe...give it your best shot and try some more.
Resting on your laurels is a subjective concept.

Now before someone opens the tiny crack in my rant and starts the "what abouts"...stop it. You know damn well that I understand the difference between want and need. Do you?