When I was a teenager, I dreamed of becoming a rock star, an acclaimed fiction writer, and a famous abstract painter. As I grew older, it was to become an actor, a screenwriter, a Hollywood director, a celebrity chef. Then, in my thirties, I fantasized about training to become a yoga instructor and hosting spectacular retreats on the beaches of Costa Rica. (I still hang onto this one!)
To be truthful, I've day dreamed a heck of a lot about who I wanted to be or what I would become when I got older.
It actually kind of sucks to think about how much I wanted to become something but just could never muster the vision, courage, or determination to actually make that something happen. Even though I have had some nice, even noteworthy, career successes and my share of remarkable and transformative experiences in life—not always good but uniquely powerful, nonetheless—I've never felt like one of those lucky people who knew exactly what path to pursue in life and wound up living their...
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