Best advice I never took was when I was 30 and on a massive career fast-track: You cannot cuddle with your career on a lonely night when your life is on the decline. Invest as much time on love and family. Sounded twee then. At 62 and near retirement, I now know it's 100% true.
@fesshole On the flip side, sacrifice your career, hopes and dreams for loved ones and when you're on the back side of life you will have nothing and those you sacrificed for will be gone.
@philpetree @fesshole I was with you right up until you said, effectively, that money is the only reason your loved ones stay with you. That's a real shame.

@zebulonmysterioso @fesshole I posted a story about one incident on my website called "I Got Fired!" and that was just one example.

When you're a single parent and your ex is a narcissist, every "failure" gets used to diminish you and the love behind your actions gets ignored. That's just the way it is.