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I clicked that arrow up and am commenting because I started feeling the same way once I turned 30, in fact I'm now 33. Sometimes I am concerned that my beliefs are a measure of my cultural experiences and not arbitrarily based on my success. In the latter case success would be defined by something like money and not by in personal achievements which is the domain of the former.

So, I too started a "sandwich shop", but instead of Real Estate and food, I build productivity tools in the Apple App Store and sell them through my own company (which I own). I figure helping people by making work-related tasks automated is a manner in which I bring joy to my community, (the community of people who own an iOS device). I don't feel a need to disrupt the world anymore. Or maybe I'm getting old and I've given up on big things and instead am working on improving/automating the small things.



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