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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 297258" data-attributes="member: 1645">Well, you did crop out the one paragraph that best illustrated what I was getting at:Compare three decades at the same job, performing the same task at the same desk, married to the same woman, to serving overseas in the military, making one group of friends, going to college, meeting girls, working odd jobs, going back to grad school, meeting your wife, having kids, helping start a start-up, trying to bring it to IPO, watching that start-up fail, going back into industry, etc.Yes and no.  Day-to-day living is different depending on how you choose to live your day-to-day life.  Compare another year at the same house, at the same job, etc. with a year overseas.Experience doesn't accumulate linearly; doing the same thing every day for a second year doesn't double the "experience" you get from it.  You learn more from varied experiences.Thus, if you feel that life is short, and you make the time to travel, meet new people, learn new things, and otherwise broaden your horizons, you experience more in your day-to-day life.  If you feel that you have all the time in the world, and you take years or decades enjoying your comfortable, languorous lifestyle.I fail to see the distinction.  Life is full of minor "specific, undefined challenges", and I already gave my example of working different jobs, seeing different countries, starting a family, etc.The choices you make and the "choices" life makes for you both.</blockquote>

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