I think one big blindspot in 21th century life is for the first of twenty years something of your life, your life path seems obvious and well made as long as you are in the school-system.

• Be a toddler
• Get in to kindergarten
• Get into elementary school
• Every year, rise into the next level
• After six years, graduate then get into junior high school
• Rinse and repeat for three years, graduate then get into high school
• Rinse and repeat for three years, graduate from high school
• If academia is your thing, get into the university, rinse and repeat until you graduate

Every year, there seems to be incremental update; you are done with current level, then you rise into next level. What you’ve actually learned or experienced might be differ, but at least that’s how it looks like;

What’s interesting is once you graduate from this modern school system, what comes ahead is not very obvious. The life path of 20 to 30, 30 to 40, 40 to 50 years old aren’t quite obvious.

In fact, it is quite confusing.

So many options, so many possibilities, but what to do? What are the reasonable options? What are the possible options?

Some folks might remain unchanged for n years while some other folks might rapidly evolve. Some might be in shackle for years until it finally hit tipping point and improve.

Some notice that the road ahead isn’t clear and they set out to carve the road for themselves then travel the road.

Some don’t even realize what’s happening and just.. go with the flow not realizing the flow is always downward, not upward.

Once you’re out of schooling system, the path in life isn’t always obvious, especially when you are adult.

Read a lot. Absorb information. Be observant. Be knowledgeable. Be kind. Be wise.

Realize that you need to figure out your own path in life.

Otherwise someone else will carve it for you.

NOTE: I think of my children while writing this; Hopefully this words reach them somehow later.