Interesting read. I tend to check out when discourse lands on hormones and how they impact relationships and behaviors. Not because I don't think they are true. I just don't know that I have ever found one to be actionable.<p>That said, the "actionable" part of this is to not worry about it being something you aren't made to do. And that sounds very legit and something people should take to heart.<p>I'll also say that you are never fully prepared for it. Such that you shouldn't wait until you have everything ready in life for having kids. I suspect you can be so unprepared that you should give some pause. I just don't think you will ever be prepared.<p>Especially since you have no idea what your particular children will be like! Just talk to any family with many kids. Odds are very high that they will remark on how different their kids were. In ways that they likely did not expect. Certainly ways that they cannot explain.
I pursued women and wealth through my twenties. When I turned thirty, I got married and started a family. My family is the most important thing ever to me. I only wish I had started at a younger age. Do not listen to pop culture and Disney telling you to follow your dreams. Follow your biological imperative, the purpose in life every biology textbook tells us is what every creature needs to do... Have children and have a family.