When I was young and restless, I made a list of experiments I wanted to try. Not just scientific experiments — life experiments. What would happen if I tried vegetarianism? If I wrote under a pseudonym? If I started a philosophical club? If I taught myself French, Italian, Spanish, and Latin? I treated my own life as a laboratory. Most experiments failed or proved merely interesting. A few changed everything. You say you don't know what to do with your life. Excellent! Neither did I. But I knew I could try things and learn from them. Every job, every project, every relationship teaches you something about yourself — what energizes you, what bores you, what you're naturally good at. Here is my method: List ten things you're curious about. They don't need to be careers or life paths — just curiosities. Now, this week, take one small action related to each. Read a book, talk to someone who does it, try it for an hour. Most will lead nowhere. One or two might open doors you didn't know existed. The person who tries ten things and fails at nine is better off than the person who tries nothing while waiting for certainty. Certainty never comes. Wisdom comes — but only through experience. So stop thinking and start doing. Your purpose is an experiment you haven't run yet.
