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Anon teaches us that making seemingly random choices and going for it is better than making no choices at all
I was trying to explain this to my son yesterday. He's in middle school but already has a career path picked out. I was like, "dude, I didn't even know my current job existed until a decade after I graduated from college, you don't have to have this all figured out yet. Plans change, life gets in the way. Just go with it."
It is something I am learning myself, but without the experience to back it up, it's really hard to understand truly.
I'm tempted to disagree somewhat as a mid-20-somethibh. I think your point is excellent overall but I also think it's pretty important to have plans. Just don't expect to have 20/20 foresight and that your plans will fail - but the takeaway is to make more, better plans, and do your best to take failure on your chin, rather than to feel it's okay to just drift not knowing what you want in life and not planning on how to get it.
I disagree. I think you need to have plans but be willing to let them go. You're wrong! No you!
I wonder why self-intro in college application asks so much about life plan, when it is not remotely how we should live.
Yeah, but Zoldyck was talking about doing something Vs doing nothing. And that doing something random is fine as long as it is something.
I'm in my mid-50s and pretty financially successful (enough that I'm thinking about retiring soon). My entire career gameplan has always been 'seemed like a good idea at the time' combined with 'someone I know put in a good word for me'. I've never got a job from a cold interview.
Moral of this story - network like your future career depends on it!
How's the saying go? Success is opportunity... Uh... When... Eh...
(I had to Google it)
Success is when opportunity meets preperation.
Literally, it's kinda inspiring tbh. While choices were pretty much freefall like, when he commited, he commited. And when situation got clearer, readjusted course slightly to make it better for himself.
Not once would it pass through my mind I'd ever find greentext inspirational.