Experiment for direction, not destination

Sometimes being aimless helps you discover where to aim.

I heard a quote earlier this week that I forgot to jot down. Still, the gist was something like "experiment for direction, not destination."

I've felt a lack of clarity since stepping away from focusing on music production earlier this year (a story for another day, perhaps). This is a weird feeling because, throughout my 20s, it was pretty clear what I needed to do next to get to the "next level" in life. It was just a matter of finding a way to generate a stable income and moving out of my parent's house. I was optimizing for independence.

Now I have that, and by all accounts, my life is good. I'm grateful. But now, I feel like if I want to continue to grow, I need a new challenge. I'm still determining the challenge, but I've been thinking about writing a lot. And so, here we are. At the very least, writing will help improve my thinking and possibly bring to light some avenues I haven't explored.

I'm not sure what I'll be focusing on yet, but for now, it'll be whatever I find interesting. As Russ Roberts notes in his book Wild Problems, "Sometimes being aimless helps you discover where to aim."