A Double Life (Hiren Shah)
This topic is of great interest to me.
I feel this is a personal decision, on which there can be no one-shoe-fits-all conclusions. So what I would expect from the article is not some kind of answer, but all the right questions that help us weigh options. You have raised quite a few here, such as which should be plan A or B (or C or D), whether success is more important than just having an outlet for passion, whether a life really dedicated to one goal can be called successful, etc. The one thing which didn't appear, as far as I remember, was the importance of Role models, which has often proven to be inspiration for a choice of profession.
Well done.
Aparna