Through 16 years of institutional education, I didn’t develop a clear understanding of the dimensions along which I wanted to align my life Along with most of my peers, I strived towards measurable achievement (good grades, standardized test scores, prestigious awards, etc.)
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After graduating university, the default North Star for most people in my position became career-optimization and accumulating assets Many of us moved to the same cities and got a lot of the same well-paid entry-level professional class jobs
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I’m quite good at academic/career prestige games, and so are most of my friends As a result, it’s never felt particularly urgent to interrogate my decisions and experiment with alternative value systems (beyond occasional casual reflection)
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Right now I’m in a larger and more ambiguous decision-space than I’ve encountered before I’ve built a good sandbox to play with new foundational values, new ways of being and relating with the world But only if I want to, and only if I’m gutsy enough to do it
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More than before, I also know what parts of myself feel under-developed and scary to explore, and I’m dipping my toes in the water there—but I think it’s about time to cut loose and dive in
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This is much easier said than done
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