bradc:

serwal:

Step 1, forced birth.
Step 2, school.
Step 3, 9-5.
Step 4, retirement.
Step 5, inevitable death.

It doesn’t have to be this way for everyone. You want to be a baker? Find a baker to work for, but continue to bake what you like as well.  You want to be an artist ? Find an artist who will mentor you or go to art school to improve your craft. Or don’t, just keep going and challenge yourself.

I can guarantee you that your formula is not at all required of anyone to have a happy and successful life. It’s a choice, people who follow the above pattern are either okay with it or they’re not, which one are you?

I have to agree with Brad, plus there are a couple of steps missing.

Step 3.1, Visit every baseball stadium on one long road trip.

Step 3.2, Write a hit song with KISS’ Paul Stanley.

Step 3.3, Get the DirecTV College AND NFL football packages.