Call me naïve, but I've never been one to chase money. Its never given me the fulfillment I want out of life. I also stopped chasing career.

I spend most of my time now thinking about people and relationships. For me, happiness is not perfect until it's shared.
I genuinely don't know if I'll ever be wealthy. I want to be wealthy but I don't actively pursue it. Everything I do is just for the joy of doing it and money is for me just a means to an end.
I think alot about young people who tell me about their life aspirations and everything just revolves around work and career. I rarely say much to them so as not to seem patronising. But deep down I won't if these people understand what it means to live complete lives.
I used to be like that when I was younger. Over the years I've had to evaluate my choices and prioritize. The things that matter the most are not things; they are people.
Now I try to reach out more and be more involved in the lives of people around me. To be a friend, a listening ear it's priceless to me than any tech advice I could possibly give.
They world we live in teaches us that we have to compete to get ahead. We scheme, have sleepless nights over this, and allow relationships in our lives to suffer. I never quite found fulfillment in this rat race.
Maybe I'm talking like this because I'm not married and I don't have the desperation that comes with the need to survive and fend for a family.
I look at the lives of people I used to look up to as mentors and role models . Rather than evaluate them from a single perspective of highly successful careers and income, I look at them from a multidimensional prism.
While I want to be a top executive, equally want to be a loving husband and devoted father. I want to come home to the warm embrace of people who love me regardless of who I am , in spite of who I am. That's fulfillment for me.
I think should stop talking.
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