Do we need a plan for our life?
Do we need a plan for our life? I love this TED talk by Mithila Palkar, where she discusses the fact that she feels it’s OK not to have a plan for your life. Things don’t always work according to plan, and life is what happens while you are busy planning other things.
Mithila tells the story of how she followed her passion for acting, and eventually everything fell into place. Her family wanted her to get a “decent job” and weren’t thrilled by her acting aspirations.
She followed her gut feeling, and eventually convinced her family too. Mithila explains that her early auditions turned out to be fantastic learning experiences, because they helped build her resilience.
She feels the best approach when we are not sure what to do is to experiment, and do so fearlessly. In addition, she learned the hard way that you cannot make everyone happy. What you can do is make yourself happy. Mithila’s advice is to be brave, have faith in yourself, work out what makes you happy and go and do it. In her words, we should carve our own niche and learn to embrace the randomness!
Project 365
I set up this website after deciding that I want to build a more creative life for myself, so I can give up my job and be in control of my own destiny.
I have set myself a goal of publishing an article on my website every day this year, to document my journey from employment to self-employment.
The name I chose was Project 365 because I see this as a year that I have dedicated to learning and self-development, as I countdown to freedom. It started on 1st January 2021, so I have 191 days to go!
I have decided to set up a blog, and to document my adventures in life through it.