Most lives are lived by default

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Christopher Kindig
  • May 9, 2013
  • Life Transitions

“By the sounds of it, it’s typical among human beings to feel like something huge is missing.

The other thing is that they tend to be one of the same few problems: lack of human connection, lack of personal freedom (due to money or family situations), lack of confidence or self-esteem, or lack of self-control.

The day-to-day feel and quality of each of our lives sits on a few major structures: where we live, what we do for a living, what we do with ourselves when we’re not at work, and which people we spend most of our time with.”

http://www.raptitude.com/2012/07/most-lives-are-lived-by-default/

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