One Life Lesson That Took Me 10 Years to Learn

07 May 2025 #misc

If you don’t come up with your own plan, society, the system, or the Matrix will give you its plan:

• Work hard
• Get 3% raises
• Please your bosses
• Keep your head down
• Wait to retire
• Then, die

I only learned it after being laid off and recovering from burnout and stomach problems. That was my wake-up call.

I was living on autopilot. No plan at all. Stretching each job until I got bored, fired, or laid off. I was working on building somebody else’s dream.

I wish I had learned this lesson at 25, but at least I know it now.