How I wish more people can hear what you outlined here, they would have their lives saved - their real lives.
Most parents always want to tell is what to do. Yes they do it out of love, but it's an uninformed love. When your dad tells you to take that entry level position at the local law firm / IT company / engineering contractor, I’m sure he was telling you what he thought you needed to hear.
They wanted you to be happy.They wanted you to be fulfilled.They wanted you to feel powerful, in control, and valuable.
The only problem was that they didn’t know how to give you everything they didn’t have.
They gave you the life plan they followed. Sure, it didn’t work out AMAZINGLY well for them, but they’re happy enough.
Surely, you just need to follow the same life plan as them and with a bit of luck, you’re going to be confident, strong, happy, fulfilled, and free. Right?
Right?
Unfortunately, no. Happiness doesn’t work like that.
Living someone else’s life plan is the fastest and most consistent path to an unfulfilling, unrewarding, and frustrating existence.
You only have to open your eyes and walk through the financial districts of any major city and watch the frustrated, robotic ways people struggle through their life.
Or pay attention to the disappointed, sad, and angry guys trying to forget their pain in the bottom of a beer bottle to see how well living someone else’s life plan works.
But if seeing the pain and frustration that everyone else is going through isn’t enough to get you off that path and convince you to start walking your own journey, then you need to re-read and re-read this post made by @humanearl, until the message sticks.
Wow. So many soundbites and nuggets of wisdom. That's the problem is that people continue to make others live the life plan they followed. It doesn't work. I feel unstoppable now and it wasn't because I went and sat in someones office for a paycheck. Its because I have finally taken back my life and I follow my interests
You know I like the part where you said you've finally taken back your life. This gives a lot of hope to alot of people, making them know that yes, you might have made the mistake of following the plan of others, or succumbing to the pressure of status quo, but you can take your life back - your true life God created you for. You can do it right again as long as you still have life in you.
You can still live your dreams. It's such a good feeling knowing you can still get back.
Thanks a lot. You an inspiration.