A few days ago, a former student, an English major just graduated in December, wrote to me asking a question I am repeatedly asked, and for 33 years have felt more or less like a failure in answering: what should I do with my life, and how did you decide what to do with yours? The totally reasonable assumption seems to be that around about her age—she wrote to me on her 23rd birthday—I came up with a plan and methodically worked at realizing it over the years. However, I am afraid that the real answer is summed up by an episode of the old cartoon
February 25, 2022
February 25, 2022
February 25, 2022
A few days ago, a former student, an English major just graduated in December, wrote to me asking a question I am repeatedly asked, and for 33 years have felt more or less like a failure in answering: what should I do with my life, and how did you decide what to do with yours? The totally reasonable assumption seems to be that around about her age—she wrote to me on her 23rd birthday—I came up with a plan and methodically worked at realizing it over the years. However, I am afraid that the real answer is summed up by an episode of the old cartoon