Wishing for a simpler life

Sometimes I wish that I could live a simpler life. Get married, have kids, have a mediocre job. Sometimes I wish I could do more. See the world, live a successful life without any monetary worries. Buy whatever I want, provide some comfort to my family. But how can I do that without having to work on my career? 

I think I should push and work hard now, when I am still young and full of hope for the future. I might lose that in the long run, and when that happens, I hope that I will have enough money, enough investments and hopefully a business or two. I would like to get the MBA and PhD that I've always wanted, open up a little restaurant. Maybe a little guesthouse of my own. I would like to go star viewing in Alaska, as well as to see the Aurora. I would like to roam New York City, to backpack to Europe. I have so many aspirations but I don't know if I am able to fulfill all of them without having to let some go.

I want to stop thinking so much, to stop worrying about the future. I've been thinking about Chun and I, about how the both of us will have trouble in deciding on a place to settle down. He's into construction and I'm into hospitality. His career involves being in rural places and as for me,  blooming towns and cities. It's a bit frustrating but I guess its fine by both of us, to mutually agree that we work hard for now towards our goals. I might be able to let go of the career ladder one day, and he might be able to follow me wherever I go. But right now, we are where we are. Somehow, it doesn't feel wrong. It feels the way it should be. It's better this way, to allow both of us to chase our dreams and to hopefully we will be able to go back to each other at the end of the day and find a home within.

I think that I will, perhaps one day...try to live a simpler life.