Self-Directed Living

Helping You To Live Your Biggest Life!

Lately, I've been pondering not our existence on Earth, but how we move through life. Over the past few months, this has been on my mind more than ever, perhaps due to various reasons like the election, my age, or working on myself. I'm increasingly questioning the choices laid out before us and what seems to be a 'directed life' that we didn't choose. It's become all too common for someone to grow up and follow the same path many of us have, based on what we're told and taught. This path looks something like this:

- Birth

- Attend School (Elementary to High School)

- Graduate High School

- Obtain Degree (College/University)

- Start a Job

- Buy a Car (Begin car payments)

- Get Married

- Purchase a House (Mortgage)

- Have Children

- Continue Career

- Retire

- Pass Away

I don't know about you but this list scares the hell out of me! It looks and feels yucky and if I had known at a younger age there was another way to create a life I wanted (a self-directed life), I would have done whatever it took to make that happen.

The myth of lemmings jumping off cliffs is widely used to describe unthinking people who blindly join mass movements. Even though it's not true, the point hits home when you watch the videos floating around. Unfortunately, what I'm talking about isn't a myth, it's the norm! I don't know about you, but myth or not, I don't want to be a lemming. After my last corporate job out of college (I've only held three), I stepped into the world of solopreneurship/entrepreneurship and never looked back and I thank my lucky stars each and every day [read more]