Kathryn Minshew Quotes

People go to college to find who they are as a person and find what they want to do in life, and I kind of already know that so it would be like I'd be taking a step back or something.

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for!

One of the greatest struggles of becoming an adult is figuring out what you want to do and what makes you happy. The courageous thing is to stick with it and see it through and see if you were correct.

When I left university, I idled around without focus for much too long.

For a long time, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was desperate to find something that fit me and I just decided that if I could organically make a professional living out of the things that interested me, then I would be a happy person.

I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

I know a lot of people my age are still trying to figure out what to do, and I consider myself lucky that I can make a living doing something that I truly enjoy.

It's always good to find out what you don't want to do.

Sometimes, taking a job is like going to a shrink or something, where you get to know yourself better.

I mean I don't really think about it. You know, do you know what I often say to myself? I think you're very lucky in life if you know what you want to do.

I was a confused young man. I didn't know what I wanted to be.

I knew from a young age what I wanted to do, but that's not the case for everyone. Some go through different paths to reach their destination.

Deciding what to be is more important than deciding what to do.

The key is to figure out what you want out of life, not what you want out of your career.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

What is it you want? That's a question that we all get posed sometimes internally and sometimes externally.

I was lucky enough to know exactly what I wanted to do when I was growing up. I think one of the hardest things to figure out in life is what your calling is, and what truly makes you happy - not what you want to work at, but what you want to do.

I was never really sure what I wanted to do - I'm in awe of these people who knew at age 10 or 12 they wanted to be a brain surgeon, and they did it, and they still are.

I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about, and if you haven't found that 'spark' yet, if you're not sure what you want to do with your lives - be persistent until you do.

I think that most people will spend their whole life not figuring out what they're meant to do, or figuring out what they're meant to do on their way to do something else. So I just feel lucky that I know what I love to do. Everything else figures itself out.

When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn't believe in.

I believe BMX has shaped me into who I am today, so if this journey never would have begun, then who knows the person I would be or what I would be doing with my life.

Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do.

To find one's calling is perhaps not the easiest thing in the world, but probably the most important.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?