The Merry-Go-Round of Life

When we're younger, we're only preoccupied with things we're interested in.  Oh, sure, we have to get grades good enough to not flunk out of school, but our parents pay the bills and keep a roof over our heads and hopefully provide us with all the love, encouragement and tools we need to pursue things we're interested in.  Then we become adults and suddenly have to pay our own bills, which takes most if not all our time, and forces us to push to the back burner all the things we're interested in, in the interest of doing things we may not be interested in to generate money to pay our bills and keep a roof over our own heads.  Then we become so old our health fails, we're sick or dying, and wonder "Why didn't I take more time to pursue the things I'm actually interested in?"  Arrrrgghhh!  There's got to be some balance!