Limiting beliefs

I used to subscribe to this belief that everyone found their place in the world through dedicating huge swathes of time to a regular schedule of work (aka regular jobs), and that the people who didn't do this were basically fucked.

It's often said that the only way to see something for what it truly is, is to stand outside of it and view it as an outsider. When I look back on my lifestyle during the months and years prior to the current moment, one of the first things that springs to mind is the word 'stifled'.  I don't mean to say that it was due my physical situation at the time but rather it was the mindset that I was stuck in.  I say this now realising that I held a very narrow perspective regarding my self.

When posed with the question 'who are you?', It's one thing to respond with a well thought out, deep, clever verbal answer, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you agree with it on on a subconscious level.

You think you walk the talk but do you really?
If you say you are more than your chosen profession or job, then why was it so difficult to leave that all behind? 

The reason I say that my perspectives were narrow is because I could not imagine deviating from the established course I had somehow set up.  There's nothing wrong with choosing to dedicate a good chunk of your time towards a particular field of work but I recognise that there is a difference between really wanting to do so and acting out of fear, anxiety, or uncertainty.

In hindsight, I can see that I had set my life up to run along a nice groove but I was scared of what might happen should I take myself out of it. I couldn't imagine life outside of the groove.

What happens when you do?
What happens when you take the metaphorical train of your existence off the track?

Nihilism, depression, hedonism, poverty, religious fanaticism, drug abuse. These are all scary words and these are all things which can happen but don't necessarily have to happen.
In my opinion, when somebody cuts the lifeline and throws themselves out into the world, they can go along two general paths...

You can go down the path of least resistance, or you can make a new path. Making a new path is never easy but doing so can yield some interesting results.  All it takes is a vision and determination.

What's my vision? I'll be fucked if I know.