How good it is to have renounced (almost) everything you mention...
I'm exhausted too. Physically exhausted. And I chose that myself after years of the exhaustion you mean! Guilt? That, if there is any "guilt" at all (everything is a question of perspective...), is not a manifesto, it lies solely in me. In myself, in yourself, in ourselves, because we have the choice and are allowed to decide.
Hihi, you'll understand that at the latest when you reach your wish of 40+. And then you'll be quicker than me, who waited until 50 to put this wisdom into practice... ;-)
I keep thinking about what you said - “don’t wait too long.” It never really left me. Every time I start to believe you might be right, my mind comes up with a bunch of excuses (maybe even like what I just wrote here). I don’t know - maybe age really does bring perspective, like you said. To be 40+, maybe that’s when things start to click.
I just learned the word Torschlusspanik - and your words got a lot louder in my mind. I know the word is often used with a bit of humor, but it landed strangely seriously for me.
That's another 10 years... Too long. And yet, I can't seem to agree with you now.
Let me guess, Böckchen? :-)