What Does a Good Life Actually Look Like to You?

We spend a lot of time trying to figure out what we're supposed to do with our lives.

What career?

College or no college?

How much money?

Where should I live?

What should I do next?

Those are important questions.

But maybe there's a bigger question underneath all of them.

What does a good life actually look like to you?

Not what looks good

I think it's easy to picture success based on what we've seen.

A certain job.

A certain amount of money.

A house.

Travel.

A business.

Maybe a lot of followers.

Whatever.

And there's nothing wrong with wanting any of those things.

But do you actually want them?

That's different.

Maybe your good life includes making a lot of money.

Maybe it includes having more time.

Maybe you want a family.

Maybe you don't.

Maybe you want your own business.

Maybe you would be perfectly happy with a job you like that lets you go home at 5:00 and enjoy the rest of your life.

There's no one answer.

The career is part of the life

I think this is especially important when we're trying to figure out careers.

Instead of only asking:

What do I want to do?

Maybe also ask:

What kind of life do I want that career to help me build?

Because your career isn't your whole life.

Money isn't your whole life either.

But both of them affect the life you get to live.

That's why I think it's worth thinking about the bigger picture.

Not perfectly.

You don't need your entire future figured out.

Just enough to start understanding what matters to you.

So maybe grab a notebook and actually write it down.

What does a good life look like to me?

Not Instagram's version.

Not your parents' version.

Not mine.

Yours.

Still figuring out what comes next?

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It's a 9-week journey for young adults who are trying to figure out things like career, college, money, independence, and what they actually want their life to look like.

Not because I have all the answers. I don't.

But I do think we need a place to ask these questions before making some pretty big decisions.

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