You know what made life in the 20s much simpler? The fact your “life-changing goals” were so plainly laid out for you… well I speak for myself. The assignment I had was simple: THE END. While accomplishing these goals required so much effort and focus (not because they were hard, but because the pressures to accomplish them were insanely high), the pursuit of them made it seem as though there was real purpose in your life. Waking up at 5AM to study for the GRE before going to class and clocking into my part-time job made me feel like I was truly conquering my personal dystopian empire. I made the mountain of getting into a prestigious graduate program seem very high in my life at the time. Preparing for the multiple rounds of interviews to become a junior-level consultant granted me this fickle sense of purpose, (because learning how to …