#217: Following your (non-specific) dreams
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The upside of not knowing what you want
#217: Following your (non-specific) dreams Haley Nahman Apr 13, 2025 941 59 191 Share Good morning! It’s not time for my usual advice column, but today I’m going to use a question I received from a reader to write a lengthier piece addressing something I’ve been thinking about, a slightly different format I kicked off last summer. This question concerns finding the “right” job, a topic I’d tended to avoid over the past few years (a little sheepishly) out of fear that my career has been unusual enough that advising anyone on it—telling someone to follow their dreams, say, or even telling them n
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