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Poll: How much passion/ambition/drive have you lost or gained since you started your working life/career? Feel free to reply with narrative details and length of career path.
  • Gained 25% drive
    34.4%
  • About the same
    16.9%
  • Lost 0-25% drive
    18.4%
  • Lost >25% drive
    30.3%
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20: angry ambitious reckless, living with parents + military allowance 22: married with mortgage, overwhelmed by startup job, creative output drops 80%, ambition remains(?) 25: ambition has taken a beating- plans for world domination now replaced by desire for creative survival
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28: soon leaving work and going nomad-barbarian for 6 months to try and rekindle 20yo ambition with 28yo nuance. Net effect I think will be 400%+ despite decrease in sheer lifeforce (which I think should be 90% recovered in a month of no commutes + good sleep and exercise)
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