["A path is something you create as you walk it. The ground you've trodden hardens, and that's what forms your path. You're the only one that can create your own path."]
I heard these words from my favorite anime character exorcist; Mari*n Cross. As they say, we are the architect of our own lives as well it's engineers. We were the one whose building it, our future that is.
I bet 9 out of 10 people will agree to this.
If in the future you wanted to become a doctor, then you will cleaved your own path by studying medical knowledge including human body.
If you want to become an Architect, you will then need the knowledge regarding it.
---It might sound so easy as eating pizza but the path towards it is filled with thorns. No matter what future you decided, you will still need to face various challenges in order for your character to be molded.
Life has its mountains and valleys.
What you thought is easy was actually million times harder. However if you succeed doing it, the reward will always be more than what you imagined.
It is exactly because one climbed over adversity that one could sail down, and if one keeps taking the easy way down one would find oneself surrounded by rising slopes.
---Most of the people will think like this.
But I think different.
You can say, I always go with the flow. Like a boat aimlessly drifting in the middle of the
ocean. I don't have any destination nor have any thoughts of looking around.
If there's a strong wind blowing towards the east then I won't go westward.
And in my life, this strong wind that drives me to move and act was none other than my own interest.
If it's interesting then I will do it, if it's not who cares.
What I want do, and what I don't want to do.
What seems fun, what seems not.
This is what I think or you might say I believed.
By making sure of all that, I walk and looked for a path that is suitable for me. I don't want to think about my future right now nor do I worry about it.
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What's so good about deciding your future at this moment? Don't you know, the world is big; bigger than you've ever imagine. Don't just take this literally but also figuratively.
There are countless choices scattered in the world. Opportunities that you haven't encounter yet until now. If you decide now then all of these choices waiting for you to find them will only go to waste.
One of my favorite character, Asakur* Yoh once said [No one knows what will happen in the future. There is no sense in worrying in something you do not and cannot control, so why bother?]
That's right, we don't have any assurance as to what may happen in the future.
You decided to become a doctor right now but then in the future you became a psychopath killer.
You wanted to become an architect but then became a suicide bomber or a terrorist.
No one knows what the future holds for you.
That's why I decided to not worry about those common things. I'm trying to live my life with lesser regrets, because you would never be able to live a life without regrets.
I've done many things I deemed interesting. I followed my own rules even if all the people around me criticize me for it.
Playing with extreme sports while gambling with my life and death. I studied martial arts from a crazy old man and studied many things to kill time.
But the most important of all is that I would never discard my childishness. Things such as;
Anime, manga, Light novels and others is still the best spice for my life.
These things might seemed insignificant and foolish for others but for us who loved and treasured it, these were the most important aspect of our lives.
Who knows you might be able to use it in the future.
However, what I didn't know nor expected was that I would be able to use this knowledge and hobby because of some strange twist of fate.
-----Now let me tell you, my life in another world.