If no one gets out alive, why live a life of security?

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Originally Posted by doss1

Hi all,
I'm kind of having a mini crisis. I have a very cushy job. Pays well. I'll probably retire at 60, maybe earlier thanks to my pension. I'm 32 right now, no kids. I'm thinking of starting my own business. I know I can fail, but isn't life itself risky? If no one gets out alive, then why do we all spend so much time and energy trying to live a safe and stable life when, at the end of the day, we all will die anyways. Is it no difference whether one lives to 30 than to 100? Is it not better to live a life of adventure than a life huddled in the corner? I sit here and look out my office window and see hordes of people walking downtown. They all look the same. Every woman is holding coffee and every guy has the same black jacket. They all walk the same way. When I would fly my little airplane 1000ft above ground and look down at the cars, they all looked the same. I felt free knowing I was the only one in the sky and did not look the same as them.

If we dont' get out alive, shouldn't we then ask for adventure rather than security?

Quite frankly, don't even think about it. I don't know you, but the way this post was written tells me you know nothing about entrepreneurship. You don't go into entrepreneurship because you are bored. Plus you are still young:

-try marriage (nah)
-get kids (hmm....)
-pick up a new hobby
-Change career

Fun fact, you think your life is boring now? Go ahead and start a business. If you don't give it 110%, it WILL fail. That means no social life. This right here something these guys and girls won't tell you/ what you don't read in the paper. No texting, hanging out, girlfriends, weddings, birthdays, etc. You must devote everything towards your business, especially in the first couple of years. If you don't, watch it burn. The upside is that the work is very fulfilling, but it comes at a very heavy cost.