Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford. I’ve watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now__1__ on their way to impressive careers. By society’s __2__, they seem to have it made. 
On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a __3__ drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with Longtime roommates, and __4__ out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine __5__ a college year’s monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old car with expensive new sports cars.
The thing is, a number of them have __6__ that despite their success, they aren’t happy. Some __7__ of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they __8__. Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and __9__. However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the __10__ to which they have so quickly become __11__. 
People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and __12__ the end the idea of leaving, their jobs to work for something they __13__ or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion; it’s __14__. They have loans, bills, a mortgage to __15__, retirement to save for. They recognize there’s something __16__ in their lives, but it’s __17__ to step off the track. 
In a society that tends to __18__ everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn form a young age to consider the costs of our __19__ in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs __20__ in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of us tend to ignore—and the very ones we need to consider most.