Was the life I bought with these hours worth what it cost me?

You have reached the level where the deals are yours to lead, and now you cannot tell whether the life you bought with all those hours was worth what it cost. That is one of the hardest questions a person can face, because you cannot rerun the years to check. But asking it now, while there is still road ahead, is not too late. It is exactly the right time. The trap is treating the past as a verdict you are stuck with. The hours are spent; that part is done. What is still open is what you do from here, and whether you keep paying the same price out of habit. The cost was worth it or not depending partly on what you build with what it bought. So look forward, not just back. Decide what you actually want the next stretch of your life to hold, and whether the current pace still serves it or just continues by momentum. Spend some of what you earned, money, standing, choices, on a life that feels like yours. You cannot buy back the years. You can stop spending the ones ahead on autopilot.