[Vanderson]

Focusing on other people will take your focus off yourself.

I have found satisfaction in helping others. The less personal time I have, the more I value it and the more satisfying life generally is. Also, this is very likely temporary, as your kids get older your life will change with them. They will have more and more adult and complicated life needs.

I found that forcing myself to do things differently based on other people's advice (especially when I didn't feel like it) often brought extremely unexpected results. But there is a massive inertia with changing who you are and the day to day choices you make.

[inadequatespace]

Helping others is the obvious purpose, at least for me. Easier said than done, though.