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How do we find our way in life? How do we know what to do in life? How do we know what’s right? These very questions are so revealing. They presuppose that we’ve totally lost our way. The rest of nature doesn’t ask these questions. The answers are always the same, but they’re always going to sound nebulous, watery.

Some people think it takes a lot of courage to follow the inner voice, not knowing where it is leading, but I disagree. It would take far more courage to not follow it. We follow it because we trust its wisdom. It has led us before. To not follow it would mean missing out on whatever adventures it is offering.

How do we decide which direction to take? How can we know which choice will lead us to the best possible version of the work? The answer is rooted in a universal principle of relationships. We can only tell where something is in relation to something else. And we can only assess an object or principle if we have something to compare and contrast it

Finally, be patient. In a famous letter to his friend Hume, Hunter S. Thompson argued that searching for the right path in life was important, even if it required many attempts. He told Hume that if he tried eight different paths and failed, that he must keep searching: “you must find a ninth path.”⁠28 Embracing the pathless path can be a slow and