If experience is the goal, then you always win
The author explores the concept of viewing 'experience' as a primary goal in life, arguing that it encourages personal reinvention and growth. The piece reflects on the tension between maintaining a consistent professional identity and the desire to explore new creative domains.
Why it matters
This perspective challenges the societal pressure to specialize, offering a philosophical framework for career pivots and creative evolution.
You can measure internal congruence by the lag between desire and action. We all have friends who want to change something about their lives, sometimes harboring secret desires for years, yet stay static in place. Others upend their lives on a whim. Reinvent. Start anew. What separates them? My hunch is that the latter view experience as a goal in itself, where most of us see-saw between rational pro and cons lists, or terminal value calculations. And if experience is the goal: whatever happens in the process, you always win.
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