Apparently....going by studies into mens mental health as a male your early 30s are when you feel most satisfied with life.....and your late 40s when you don't...
I can identify with that.
I read an interview with Max Commencal about starting his business at 45 ... he essentially said "@ 45 I felt I was at my strongest ... " I read this as Financially and influentially @ his strongest ... I can relate to this.
I think I'm at my best right now ... under paid, over worked, but loving life. I miss the moola from my corporate life, but "ownership" for lack of a better word of all aspects of running a business is exactly what I was missing in my previous life. Love the daily interaction with customers, the multiple problems (from warehousing, supplier management, error management, process improvement etc), the continual learning and incremental improvement ... it all tests my years of work life experience.
I'm lucky in that home life is awesome. In the end the wife and kids is why you kill yourself and try to get ahead. But I'm also lucky in that I've been able to attract some very talented, hard working, intelligent, motivated peeps to work with and this combination of work and life is just icing at present.
But the cake is that I know how to use a dropper ... lol ... trendy cool kid at 45 ... love it.
Optional reading OT ... droppers
tips for the dropper challenged => infinite adjustment is there for a reason ... doesn't have to be fully up or down ... you should try to use every part of the post's travel ... Learn to use your remote to feather the height of your post. The importance of a good remote is sooo over looked, everybody just focuses on where the cable is located, and how long you can survive without doing any maintenance (more lols)
Some aspects to consider/ try.
For XC, be it HT or FS ... try powering around long sweeping corners with the post dropped 2 or 3 cm ... makes a massive difference to your control/comfort without overly sacrificing pedalling efficiency.
Similarly try any technical thing you would normally ride with the seat up with the seat slightly down (say 30%) ... you still get the saddle near your thighs for control, but you will have a slightly lower centre when needed to get off the back. If you are like me you will quickly be dropping it on everything and finding your XC rig is more like a 4X machine which just lifts the fun factor
For the 24hour marathon rider => try altering your post height just marginally (1 to 2 cm) to change your pedal stroke and rest muscles.
I also believe this is an application in road riding we will see as carbon posts get out and about and even lighter. It will also help the less confident descender, and or allow for more comfortable wind tacks. But even better, its another awesome tool to annoy the road elite ... I'll have a dropper on my disc equipped roadie to match my baggy shorts, peaked lid, MTB shoes / pedals and hairy legs.
For the trail rider => try not dropping your post all the way down, all the time ... you don't have your post slammed on your DH rig so don't slam it on your trail rig. Sure its faster in panic situations ... but more often then not you know whats coming up so drop your post then adjust it up before you get to the section.
Anyway, apologies ... I <3 droppers.