Live or Die in LA

I'd choose 1. I've decided that money or being famous aren't going to make me happy. I think the 'middle way' is the best way to go because you're suppose to live for yourself not other people. What does choice 2 give you besides fame and a big ego? You might feel accomplishment but you can feel so much accomplishment in a normal life. Maybe more. What's so important about people remembering you? I mean you're dead so you wont be able to see all that. Having accomplished a normal life makes you just as much a "hero" as doing something wildly incredible. So why chose the shorter life? Plus you get a chance to love more, laugh more, understand more and so many other things. True you also get the bad things like when people you love die or having to work and pay for things but all of those make you stronger. Something inside you grows and you're able to move on with life. That's the difference between 1 and 2. Choice 2 doesn't give you a chance to live (figuratively and literally). And that's what I'd miss the most.