The corollary to your statement is that if I have an average, comfortable life, I did not choose it. I simply let myself "fall into" that life. I view this as a

The corollary to your statement is that if I have an average, comfortable life, I did not choose it. I simply let myself "fall into" that life. I view this as a negative statement, though perhaps you didn't mean it that way. I chose a comfortable life and worked to achieve it. It didn't just happen to me because I coasted along.