Congratualtions ki4buc! I commend you. Often times doing SOMETHING is more important than doing the RIGHT thing. Most people do not make any effort as they are too busy trying to think about what the right thing is and the whole time are on their duff.

I think activity can also help with any depression that kicks in as you are too busy living to sulk and be depressed.

Don't knock marriange though. If you find a good person that you get along with and like, go for it! I was successful and had a good business and was out and about prior to getting married. But once I got married, and particularly after I had kids...man, that totally changes your life. And for the better. I don't care how much success you have had before, or how much pleasure, I cannot put into word the feeling you get the first time, and every time, one of your children crawl up to you in bed in the morning, wake you up, and say, "I love you daddy."

No matter how proud I have been of my achievements, it is nothing compared to the pride I feel when my kids said their first word, or took their first step. Anyway, you get the picture right?

And finally, having a legacy to protect and cherish changes how you see things too. My wife doesn't work and I run my business part-time. I make less money than if I were to work full-time, but I do not miss any of my childrens' childhood. A worthwhile trade-off. Actually, the weird thing is I actually make more than when I worked all the time before I gor married. Strange things happen when life is good. And to me, kids make life good.

Ask me how I feel after my kids leave the nest and I may have a different answer, but I don't think so. I have things that I am looking forward to doing then too.