In my mid 20s I was often in work and personal situations where I felt I didn’t have power or alignment on values. For example I spent a lot of time with venture capitalists. Never again!
Now, I see my life as five year chunks of time. For the last 5 years I did my side quest in ‘government tech’ and now I’m embarking on my next side quest in ocean conservation. I have other side quests (studying the impact of AI on marginalized people). I don’t feel I have to explain why, I can now just.. do