Barking Up the Wrong Tree offered some very interesting advice. One Harvard professor promises his students that if they take these two precepts from ancient Chinese philosophers seriously, it will actually change their lives.
The first is: The Little Things Matter
In order for us to be good, we have to start by doing good.
The second? Don't Make Life Plans. Cultivate Opportunity.
When you hold too tightly to a plan, you risk missing out on these things. And when you wake up one day in that future, you will feel boxed in by a life that, at best, reflects only a piece of who you thought you were at one moment in time.
I think there is much truth in that!
Rather than going into all of this thinking, “I can be anything I want to be,” the approach you’re taking is “I don’t know yet what I can become.” You don’t know where any of this might take you; it’s not possible to know that now. But what you learn about yourself and what excites you won’t be abstract; it will be very concrete knowledge born of practical experience… You become the fruit of your labor.
I like the way the article closes
“Doing the right things and feeling engaged as new opportunities keep coming your way.”
Sounds like a plan. Here is a link to the full article: Bakadesuyo: The Good Life
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