> Why waste your life doing what doesn't fulfill you? Because it can be extremely difficult to distinguish your own needs/wants from the desires and expectatio

> Why waste your life doing what doesn't fulfill you? Because it can be extremely difficult to distinguish your own needs/wants from the desires and expectations of the people around you. No one wakes up in the morning thinking "I'm going to ignore what I want for no reason, and instead do what everyone else thinks I should want." And yet it's an easy trap to fall into, like the author did.