Agreed with Viper on the career thing. Not everyone has the "luxury" of trying out different hats, especially in this horrible economy. Paying bills and putting food on the table can take precedence over experimentation. And anyway, for every "go get-em" cliche out there, there is another opposite one that can be just as valid:

You can say: "Carpe Diem!"......I can say "Slow and Steady wins the race".

As for marriage....it ain't so bad, that's what PRENUPS are for!