Great read, straight to the point. I think lots of us have some kind of plan in mind, it's not that we don't, or maybe it was just how i saw it in the past. But for a few years ive had ideas in my head and have made baby steps towards them but found that i never had time, too many hours with my job, trying to maintain a social life there was always something in the way. I realised 7 months ago that these were valid to some degree but excuses ultimately as i was not actively doing anything to change that situation either. So i have left management and now work 3 days a week instead. Freeing my time up to achieve certain things i have set out to for ages. Yes it means im worse of financially for a while, but sometimes you have to make a sacrifice to make room for what you really want!