Are You the Hero of Your Own Life?
Here’s how to stop being the sidekick that gets dragged along
Charles Dicken’s David Copperfield throws a punch in your face.
“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.”
When I first read this opening line, it hit a nerve. I felt trapped where I was living, in the degree I was studying for, and in the (professional) future ahead of me.
The life I was living resulted from choices I regretted, but couldn’t undo.
I wasn’t the hero of my story, but a helpless side character whose future had been determined long before.
Chances are high that you feel the same about your life. Fortunately, there’s a way to claim back the role of the hero.
A lawyer that never accepted the status quo
My younger self dreamed of a different future, but those dreams slowly perished. By and by, I was accepting that my dreams would never come true.
That’s not how a hero would act. Heroes are visionaries. They never stop believing in a better, alternative future.
