Life is 10,000,000 micro choices, one after another.
How am I going to choose a career, make a living, find a mate, raise a family?
It’s ridiculous to think you can make some sort of central planner’s five year plan for yourself. It’s daily, hourly choices. One at a time.
Find a North Star. Keep walking toward it, around obstacles, getting lost then back on course again.
What’s a North Star? Look for what people have valued since antiquity.
What am I living for? The Mark-Almond Band answers that question, if you listen carefully to the song.
Be a dad. That’s a good start. it’s been done before. That should be a good enough signal to you that it is a worthwhile path.
That song is a song of despair, but that’s wrong.
Why am I living, why am I giving all my life
To bring up a family, children, and wife
Listen my friend, its been done before
What am I living for?
There is no “living for”. That’s the ego talking. And the fact that it has been done before tells you that it is worthwhile for you. Ask a random dad whether being a parent is good. Odds are you will get a honest answer.