> That was the moment I began to question the entire architecture of ambition. Not whether it worked, but whether it asked the right things of a person. Whether a life could be constructed from milestones rather than methods, from outcomes rather than orientation.

Just happen to be reading Augustine's Confessions and this is very similar to his struggles in deciding whether to give up his temporal ambitions and become a Christian. He wonders why he's so devoted to pursuing his ambitions for status and accolades, when it doesn't really bring him much joy.