No, you are not "less then". I know I've posted in S/T about my marriage of 34 years and about my three grown children and grandbaby at one time or another but I've never considered others that have chosen other paths "less then". We have all chosen a sport, even if we are able to do 1/3 or 2/3 of it :) that consumes our time and requires a focus that pushes many other things to the side. Since you are the age of my middle child my only fatherly advice is: give it everything you've got... you don't get many "do-overs". I think the people with bitterness and regret left something on the table.

Good luck,

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Jay