Originally Posted by Paul76086
You only live life once. You can either live life in fear or go for your dreams. Thanks for the advice guys!
You only live once but there is a price for every decision that we make. No one can expect to go through the years and expect to satisfy every desire. Life is about choices and for every choice there is an opportunity cost. I would say that at 30 with a wife and new family that the opportunity cost of an aviation career at this point would be punishingly high. Do your research. If you decide to continue you had better brace yourself for some huge losses. We can do anything that we want in life but not everything. The price that you pay might be much higher than you ever thought. Perhaps you could become a CFI and instruct in the summers? Even that would be very expensive.
Perhaps you are beginning to feel the weight of the responsibility of fatherhood? Your life will change and you don't have the freedom that you use to anymore. Once the baby comes your anxiety will pass and you will be happy again. You should stop this before you scare the heck out of your pregnant wife, they are really sensitive about security when they are with child.
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