Replying to a commenter Life

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Thanks for the comment, Quantum Life, and I appreciate the sentiment. Quantum Life says, what I hear is I spent the first half of my life building my career and providing for my family in survival mode. And I believe a lot of people who work hard are doing just that. That's not why I did it. I didn't do it to provide for my family. I wish I had. I did it because I liked it. I did it because I enjoyed it. And there's a lot of people who are like workaholics, who especially like in the executive realm, entrepreneurs, etc., who are doing it because it's the only thing they can do. They're not necessarily doing it for their family. I mean, a lot of them are, don't get me wrong. But speaking for myself, I did it because I couldn't seem to make anything else work. And I really, really loved running a business. And... And... And... And... Honestly, like, I loved being at the business. I loved spending time at the business. And you hear people talk about this all the time with this like return to office stuff. And, you know, they say a lot of these people who are pushing for a return to office don't understand that many people don't love being there all the time. And I get that because I loved being there. I loved being at work. So I wouldn't say I was sacrificing myself. sacrificing, I would say, you know, you go through a drive-thru, that person working in the drive-thru is probably sacrificing for their family, but I don't know about a lot of people like me that, that ran businesses, and like, I, I, again, I'm not judging everyone else, just myself, like, I, I, I wasn't doing it to sacrifice, I was doing it because I loved it, and I was doing it because I, I didn't know what else to do, nothing else seemed to work. There's a saying, never ascribe to malice that which can be easily attributed to incompetence, or something like that. I would say never ascribe to sacrifice that which could be easily explained by selfishness, and that would be the word I'd use for the way I chose to provide for my family. I did it in a way that I liked, not in the way that would have been most expedient, and, you know, it turned out, financially, it turned out great, you know, for me and my family, but, you know, going back to that Taoist principle of, we'll see, was it the best way? We'll see, but, but I do appreciate the sentiment, and I, and I love to see people, you know, assuming the best in, in others, and I'd like to, I'd like to believe that all the hours, and the hard work, and the anxiety, and everything that I put into running the business was out of the desire to sacrifice for my family, but that just wasn't the case. I, I just, I just loved it, so it doesn't mean I didn't love my family. I love, I loved and love my family in whatever way I love things, but I, I did it because I just really, really loved doing it. Anyway, thanks for the comment.