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How to Swap Big, Confusing Career Goals For Small, Fun Experiments

An interview with "Directional Living" author Megan Hellerer

Heather Havrilesky
Mar 13, 2026
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Photo c/o Megan Hellerer

For the past year, I’ve been struggling a lot with decision making. Even though I’ve taken on several new interests with enthusiasm, choosing my next big creative project has been difficult. I keep starting books and then stopping them. I keep choosing ambitious goals and then abandoning them. What’s going on with me?

Then one day…

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