You call it waiting like it's wasted. The people you envy call the same stretch building, and that's the whole difference.

The thought behind it

You are handed the familiar diagnosis, then it is withdrawn and replaced with a truer, less flattering one. The Long Game holds that most of what matters accrues during years you will not enjoy while you are inside them. The weight sits on “waiting” — the one word you cannot swap out without losing the whole point.