Don’t be surprised if, after surviving a catalytic event and moving through Square One, you suddenly develop an urge to do something utterly new. Very few people can predict what they’re going to want to do when Square Two finally arrives. Once your essential self has been freed, it may decide to take up flamenco dancing, or wildlife photography, or French cooking. These aren’t necessarily career choices. They’re just the things you sample as you begin to realize that you don’t have to be controlled by the old pressures and forces, that life is a smorgasbord and you’re free to sample whatever
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