I think some can endure this lifestyle longer than others. I got totally burntout and filled with regret. I have talked about it before on SN but probably before you arrived. The early years of my son's life we were splitting time between Toronto and LA before settling full time in Toronto so I could work on my business. The next few years I spent doing a lot of what I described above. I did the best I could, trying to spend as much time as possible with my son but I missed a lot of his younger years and had a lot of regret about that especially when I realized how fast they went. When my daughter was born in 2018 I didn't want to make the same mistake again. It took a few years to get everything in place but eventually sold my equity in the business, sold our property in the city, moved to a smaller town and I semi-retired. I just do part time contract work now. My wife also works part time. We don't try to keep up with the joneses or chase the "status symbols" city folks often do. I get to spend a lot of time with my kids and aging parents (they live 7 minutes drive away). People I once used to consort with who have fancy cars and 2M dollar homes in the city probably think I am crazy but I know they are the ones that are crazy. Haha