David McErlain: I guess if I just felt better about keeping on.

• Use the “I get it follow-up” to be polite, patient and persistent, on your email that does not get a response, then step back and revisit in 6 months to a year.
• Recognize the direct link between never setting goals and drifting into the existential vacuum of lost meaning and purpose.
• You are where you need to be. Accept that this discomfort is not a deviation from the path but the actual path between the phases of life.
• If you’re stuck at answering what you want and don’t want, as what you are not willing to sacrifice.
• Explore broadly without committing by researching content you already love and asking where your skills could fit.
• Redefine pride in work beyond prestige brands and studio logos toward stories you are excited to talk about.
• Reach out to people you admire with lifestyle curiosity not advice requests by asking them to tell their story.

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