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Nobody Knows What The Hell They're Doing, And That's OK

We probably never will know, either.

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Nobody Knows What The Hell They're Doing, And That's OK
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Since we were children, we have been asked the big question of “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Space-cowboy. Ghost hunter. Fairy princess. All of the creative, fun answers were inspired by our current passions when we were still learning how to be a discreet booger-picker. Nowadays, the reply is less imaginative; whatever earns us enough pay to be comfortable, anything we can be good at, something not too miserable. And it’s a shame.

Maybe we settle for the comfortable, safe route of life because the age of imagination is far behind us. Or maybe it’s because we have no idea what the hell we are doing with life.

It’s true. Once I grew up and moved out of the house, adults older than myself suddenly had a change in perspective. The inspirational speeches performed for the young minds of the future has now morphed into a dull and slightly humorous truth: nobody—not even grandma—knows what they’re doing.

And that’s OK.

Instead of asking ourselves the big mysterious question, “what am I doing with my life?,” we could shift our worries to a simpler challenge: time. How do we want to spend our time today? The anxieties of tomorrow and yesterday are both pockets of time we can’t afford; it is the moment of now that has worth. How we make every hour is more important than what we’ll be doing 10 years from now.

None of us are supposed to have it all figured out. We probably never will. The sooner we accept it, the better. Think of it like this: life is a leap. We chose a height and landing, but once we fall, there is no control. It’s a freefall of trial and error.

Try not to have an ‘end goal.' Looking forward prevents you from seeing what’s right in front of you: the biggest adventure of all.

Take a gander at these videos for some inspiration:




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