Because he clearly perceived the reality of existential suffering, what it would take to overcome it, and that because his life path had been preordained for him by the political nature of the circumstances of his birth, the only option he had to address the universal problem of suffering was to abandon everything.

You do not need to do this. There is a world religion working on what he pioneered. If you have a wife and kids, you may feel comfortable attending to that, and get at it next lifetime.

Or join a Japanese Buddhist sect! They allow family life for their priests and nuns.