Aneel reviewed What Should I Do with My Life? by Po Bronson
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3 stars
Got this from the library. I was worried that it would be nonstop "I gave up my job as a lawyer to save orphans, and now I'm totally fulfilled!" stories. There were some of those, but not that many. In fact, most of the people in the book don't actually have it figured out. They're grappling with the question, and might see a path that could get them there, but it's not clear that the path they see is the right one, or that they're capable of taking it. As the book goes on, Bronson seems to insert his opinions about what people should do more forcefully, and I found that less and less appealing.
I'm not sure that the central question is the right one. I instinctively resist the idea that I "should" do anything with my life (and Bronson makes it clear that that's not an accidental phrasing). …
Got this from the library. I was worried that it would be nonstop "I gave up my job as a lawyer to save orphans, and now I'm totally fulfilled!" stories. There were some of those, but not that many. In fact, most of the people in the book don't actually have it figured out. They're grappling with the question, and might see a path that could get them there, but it's not clear that the path they see is the right one, or that they're capable of taking it. As the book goes on, Bronson seems to insert his opinions about what people should do more forcefully, and I found that less and less appealing.
I'm not sure that the central question is the right one. I instinctively resist the idea that I "should" do anything with my life (and Bronson makes it clear that that's not an accidental phrasing). After reading it, I don't have a feeling that there's something that I want to be doing differently. Perhaps I'm just obstinate. Or maybe things are just going well right now.