“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” — Jean de La Fontaine Would anyone like to share a story where this has happened to them?

7 comments

1. I’m thinking this refers to the concept that we should not deny our moral character and sometimes being when we are, not forcing it, is best

2. I worked awful back breaking jobs with dehumanizing coworkers, before I was motivated enough to pursue my dream job. I make less money but everything is better.

3. I never wanted to get an STI, so I tended to avoid hookups or one night stands. I figured that sex within a relationship context was the safer alternative.

   Turns out both of my STIs (warts and herpes) I got from monogamous relationships *while* wearing a condom properly. I never caught a thing from a hookup, always from a girlfriend.

4. Jean de la Fontaine is such crap. He is taught in like every French school but I never see the rest of the world talk about him. Overrated as fuck.

5. I tried to avoid being unemployed by getting a job but ended up being unemployed after 2 years.

6. Any love stories?

7. I’m from a major metropolitan city. I was determined never to leave it.

   I chose a major in college that, by the end of it, I realized:

   1. I mostly hated
   2. Would require me to move somewhere podunk and MAYBE earn my way to a major metro in some years.

   I switched career paths. Got my masters. Got out of grad school just in time for there to be a hiring freeze on my new field in my city.

   Had to move to a new state to find work. Have moved states twice since. I’ve been where I am now for 10 years. I consider it home, I’ve built a network, and found the love of my life.

   After switching careers to avoid moving away from home, home is now a different place from where I started.