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Originally posted by snowman
I feel very sorry for people who do not know what they want to do by age 20. At this point you have spent 1/3 or your entire life and only have 2/3 left. as it takes almost 10 years to become sucessful, how many choices can you make and still succeed? Not many.
Push any children in the direction of whatever talent they may have and push them to choose by age 12. Even if they do not know what they like, at least they will be doing what they are most talented at.
For some of us, we have ALWAYS know what we wanted to do. That is a true blessing when you look at people who are past the middle of their entire life and still do not know what they want. My personal opinion is that at that point, its to late to be sucessful, and nearly impossible to ever be happy. Why, well because, if by half of your entire life, you haven't found what you like, you never will.
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imho questionable advice. I will not push my son in any direction. I will provide opportunities, but he will make his own decisions.
I'm somewhat envious of people who seem to know exactly what they want to do, and are doing it. But I harken back to the advice of one of my thesis comittee members: "don't peak too soon."
You can be happy and/or sucessful at any point in your life. It's all about expectations and perspective. I've loved a lot of stuff I've done. But there is so much to be experienced out there, why do I have to just stick with one thing? Maybe if you're only good at one thing...but frankly, I'm not. I have a lot of talents. And I'm exploring them to the best of my ability.
but...to each their own.