How do you determine what you want in life, not what you "should" want?

“To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.” —Robert Lewis Stevenson

The world tells me that I should work a corporate job that allows me to pay the bills. Meanwhile, my inner artist wants me to break away from that life and live independently, even if it means being a starving/tortured artist for some time.

As an adult, I am becoming aware of ..read more