The Pathless Path
The Pathless Path, introduced as a book by Paul Millerd, is the unconventional path you follow your Intuition and do things that are not common or planned. Unlike the Default Path which is what usually we do with going to school, having a stable job, mary someone, have a house, and kids. Not having a plan shouldn’t be a goal, but not everything should be planned out ahead.
The Pathless path is also experimenting on your own to find a life you want to live vs. “getting ahead” on a script others follow with embracing uncertainty & discomfort. I strongly believe that the urge to follow the default path and continually climb the ladder is also not the right thing to do. Better follow your Instinct, the pathless route sometimes. ^cf4966
The book and the term Pathless Path inspired me to write my own story about my life, I called it Finding My Pathless Path.
I went out of comfort early on, here the short version of my path so far:
- applied for a job in another canton
- went to Australia for 15 weeks by myself
- lived by myself as opposed to joining a shared flat
- after 4 years, yet again out of comfort being a consultant 4 years
- studying on the side while working as a consultant 90%
- living in a foreign country
- applying for a job in English
- changing job to be a writer and 100% remote
A different Framing
The worst plan for the next two years, the best for the next 10. David Perell on Becoming A Citizen of The Internet about following his path or Intuition, and building a cohort around creating ideas.
# Related: Anything You want
Anything You Want (Dekerk Sivers) says:
Most people don’t know why they’re doing what they’re doing. They imitate others, go with the flow, and follow paths without making their own.
# Further Reads
Origin: Pathless Path is from the book The Pathless Path (Paul Millerd).