I had this talk with myself about 6 years ago. I was just tending bar, not doing much else. It eventually occurred to me that I will one day look back on this time in my life and wonder what else I could have been doing. While my job wasn't bad, per se, it wasn't exactly satisfying, either. I ended up going back to school and am now working as an archaeologist. I travel a lot and meet new people all the time. Now I'm wondering if 20 years from now I will wish I had spent more time with my family instead of spending it in the field.