I Don’t Know What I Want To Do In Life

and this is OK

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My new favourite answer: “I don’t know”.

I used to feel ashamed for not knowing what I want to do with life, and I felt like I needed an answer whenever someone asked what’s my 5–10-year goal. Nerve-wracking! I felt like I had to put it all together and my resume had to make sense, I had to explain why I’m doing that before and now this. That was before.

I am now beginning to be more and more comfortable with the answer “I don’t know”. It’s liberating to be able to say I don’t know and feel completely fine with it. Look, I don’t know what I want to do in 5–10 years time. I don’t know if that or this job is “the job”. I don’t know where my career path is taking me nor do I have a concrete plan. I don’t know and I feel ok not knowing because life is abundant, it is full of amazing opportunities and possibilities. Life allows us to recreate ourselves daily and it’s too silly to want to “get it right” instead of “immersing in the present moment”.

While I am still figuring things out and continue to give my best in whatever situation I am in, please accept that I don’t know and maybe I’ll never know.

For me, it’s not about getting that one perfect job, career, relationship or life right. It’s…