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One of the biggest things I\'ve struggled with in my life is the idea that I have goals and I want to meet them.  When I was young, I had a certain idea of how I wanted my life to be, and in my youthful arrogance I though I would be able to accomplish all of it by the time I was thirty.  As I grew older and nothing seemed to be going the way I wanted, I strangely did not become bitter but instead began adjusting my expectations to new goals that seemed more reasonable.  As I approach the start of my fifth decade of life next year, my dreams are incredibly humble from a worldly perspective, but because of the decisions and circumstances of my life, they are still very much out of reach.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://gunthrek.com/2022/04/14/sometimes-you-just-have-to-give-up/