A lot of what I learnt when I was younger about being successful involved following a specific track. Get good marks, progress through the grades, get in to university, get your degree.
Learning this isn’t bad. It gives us a path that allows us to develop without having to make significant life decisions.
I didn’t need to decide whether to progress from junior school to high school. It was the path to be followed.
But after university (and maybe a set of articles/internships), between the ages of 23 and 26 things start feeling a little different. We start losing the tracks underneath us, and they’re replaced with seemingly endless paths.
These involve all sorts of decisions, from friendships to careers, romantic interests to living arrangements.
And those of us who succeeded on the tracks suddenly get very scared.
What is the right option? Which is the correct track to follow? Am
The answer to these questions is that there is none. We’ve reached the end of the tracks. We are no longer in the same train as everyone else. As much as you might try to find a path, your efforts will be futile.
You’re off the tracks now. It’s time to take charge, explore and decide.
Image was taken at a tube station in London in 2015 🙂
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