Cats have been said to have nine lives but humans on the other hand only live once; unless of course if one believes in reincarnation. However, I have yet to hear of any living human who have been able to give a recollection of their previous life and as such, I would go with the assumption that we only live once.
With that in mind, it again leaves us with choices. Choices on how we would want to lead our life now that we know for sure that we only live once. The obvious answer would be for all to live life to the fullest but it is of extreme interest to see how each individual’s definition of living life to the fullest would differ. I would generally classify the options into three core groups; namely the driver, the explorer and the wanderer.
With that in mind, it again leaves us with choices. Choices on how we would want to lead our life now that we know for sure that we only live once. The obvious answer would be for all to live life to the fullest but it is of extreme interest to see how each individual’s definition of living life to the fullest would differ. I would generally classify the options into three core groups; namely the driver, the explorer and the wanderer.
The Driver would be defined as someone who wants to lead the perfect life as they are the typical perfectionist who would want to plan everything accordingly. A driver would be getting good grades in school and end up graduating at the top of the class, get a decent career as a professional (doctors, engineers, accountants, bankers etc), start a family by the time they hit 30, ensure that their offspring gets a good education and groom them to lead the same life that they had. Drivers are always on top of their game and would do their utmost best to ensure that they do no wrong. They would be your ideal partner, ideal colleague, ideal neighbor and ideal acquaintance who would be contributing back to society and ever willing to offer a helping hand.
The Explorer as expected would be the curious individual who is out to try and explore new things. Explorers would pretty much hold on to the principle that “you need to try everything at least once since you only live one” and many a times, they are the ones who end up getting themselves into trouble for probably exploring much more than they should have. There are no specific way an explorer would choose to lead their life for whatever is planned this moment could change the very next as new opportunity or new options comes about. Things are always unpredictable when it comes to the explorer as they try their best not to make any commitments. Even an appointment made 3 weeks in advance and confirmed an hour ago could be called off simply because a more interesting option popped up.
The Wanderer makes up the core of population with a ratio of 1 Driver = 1 Explorer = 5 Wanderers. They are pretty much the guy or girl next door who would follow the flow and I see wanderers as a hybrid of the driver and the explorer. For the uninitiated, the wanderers could also be defined as the confused group as they are at times planning well in advanced but at other times, procrastinate in decision making until the very last moment. A majority would however see the wanderer as well balanced, taking matters into their stride and varying their choices and options as it comes along. The wanderer could be making right choices at any given time but making the worst call the very next moment but then again, they are the most human as compared to the drivers and the explorers.
Having generally classified the total human population into the 3 groups above, there is no indication as to which is the better group to be in. After all, life is all about choices and it is up to each and every individual to decide how he or she would want to lead their life. Since all of us only live once, the choice is up to us on whether we would want to be driving, exploring or simply wandering….
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