Sam Harris, who's a world-renowned teacher of meditation and neuroscientist, once said that it might had added more net value to the world had he spent his life training as a Navy Seal. Which was interesting to hear from someone who’s dedicated his life to understanding the human mind. It made me realize that we *get* to decide what we want to spend our time doing while we’re here, kinda despite what that ends up contributing to the world overall. How many mediocre painters out there would have been brilliant cancer researchers? How many mediocre dentists would have been brilliant musicians? But maybe at a huge personal cost. Just because you’re great at something doesn’t mean you’re happy.