What life goals have you given up over the years and why?

What life goals have you given up over the years and why?

When I was a young child I wanted to be a truck driver because I spoke to them on the CB all day that was my internet and had a lot of fun. It sounded like a cool career to me at the time but then I found out what their lives were really like. Then when I was a teen I wanted to be a cop. I volunteered thousands of hours to the local PD. Then LAPD said one line that made me think long and hard about it. "We have new positions opening every day" and I knew I would have to start with them unless I could get the local PD to sponsor me and I knew what that phrase really meant, so I fell back on tech which was just a fun hobby for me.

I'm glad I gave up on those things.

[Edit] Oh yeah, and when I was a child I wanted to be a Jedi. It wasn't until the prequels much later in life that I found out I was missing the midichlorian's.

Practicing musical instruments. I can still enjoy making music, but I've decided that I'm never going to be great at guitar or violin or piano.

In a broader sense, I think letting go of dreams is extremely important for success.

Create an "unbucket" list for the side quests that detract from the main quests:

[1] https://taylor.town/unbucket-list

I have essentially given up the idea of discovering something meaningful. During my first company I believed we were on the cusp of unlocking some new methods of video action recognition. Now I know that our approach was way off and that the great leaps would be made several years later by google et al. I still think I am acquiring skills which will help me form a company or build products with other people who might unlock a breakthrough but I doubt I will be the one to discover it.