Im an MD from El salvador and am deciding whether to go back and practice or keep studying here, my dilemma is that my children and wife are back home,i love practicing and miss medicine but here i cannot practice without jumping through many loops i am 43 and not young anymore.

Anyway thank you very much.

I am a lot older then most of you and never went to collage. I left home at 17 from a small town to the big city and found myself several different jobs for a couple of years supporting myself, having a great time with people you meet on the way. Saved some money and by the time I was 19yrs I traveled from New Zealand to Australia where I travel for three years picking up work and really living life on the edge. Traveling on your own is not always easy and I was the type that was way to proud to ask for any help, saying that the universe always seems to have a way in looking after you. Some times just meeting the right people at the right time. Since then I have never settled down and move on an average every two years, my son who is 19yrs went to eight different schools before he hit University and is now doing his second yr of Uni in Japan and hopes to be in China next year.

The point I am making is that it is too easy to fall in the mundane way of life. I have meet so many people that have lived in the same house some for 30yrs and some for 50yrs yet alone tried a new city or country. I believe to really experience life you need to get out of your comfort zone and make an effort to open your eyes and learn off your new neighbors each time. Be open to changes and possibilities. The world is your oyster, start looking at the glass half full and say to yourself “you know what I am free to do what I like, where there is a way there is a means” take the walk of life do not watch it go by and 20, 30yrs down the track you will have something to look back on and hopefully be able to smile at all those adventures that have lead you to where you are.

Follow your passions and the rest will come…….good fortune, money and prosperity……this is called the flow on effect…..you have just one life make good use of it……..

Mark, I understand your position, but you’re only 25 years old.

If you want to see the world, you have all the tools you need to make that happen. You don’t need to rely on anyone else for the ambition to make it a reality—it’s completely up to you.

Mark, do not, under any circumstances, throw away your current life to be with that girl.

The most important thing in your life is your own creativity and output, and from the sound of it, this has a lot more to do with your band than it does this girl.

Let her go. Years from now, you’ll be happy you did, and best of all, you’ll appreciate the wonderful woman of your future that much more.