Elliot, thanks for a great post that challenges and makes me think. Your funeral analogy hits close to home. I was surprised by who attended my father's funeral a couple of years ago. And as I close the gap on my own funeral, I think about it more often than I'd like to admit.

I appreciate how each of us are different. Some like the steady and simple. Others pursue bigger things. I'm not sure either are wrong. I have friends and family with broken marriages for overdoing both the steady and the grandiose. And others who (at least seem to) have strong, love-giving families from both sides of the spectrum.

Would you think that, if we keep your funeral-attendees-first priority in place, we can balance either approach and satisfy our lifestyle needs without sacrificing relationships for the long haul? Or are those of us who make a bigger change destined to the tradeoffs suggested by Mr. Musk's life?

Thanks again. Mike...