/lit/ - Literature

I'm going to turn 30 in a few weeks, and it feels like I'm at a crossroads in my life. On one side, I could start to build a family and settle down with a relatively boring but comfortable life with dreams that will never be fulfilled. On the other hand, I could abandon that and retire in my 30s, travel the world doing whatever I want, whenever I want, but have nothing to pass on when I'm gone.
While I technically have a long runway to decide on kids since I'm a man, if I want a partner around my same age then that clock is still ticking and will only get harder the longer I wait. In both cases it feels like an appeal to my ego, I'm not sure I have any clear way to know which path to take other than flip a coin and commit.