Did I make the right career choices ?

I often look back at my career and ask. Did I make the write choices? It depends on what I wanted. It was all fun in my twenties. I did some pursuits in my thirties. But I was all the while lost, distracted, confused and directionless. One of my friends also told me this

I was broke when I turned forty. Then I slowly started picking myself up. More due to necessity than of choice. Now in my fifties I feel I understand what I want. Looking back I never planned my career or my life. I was leaving a lot of things to chance and accidents. And both are not dependable

When I turned forty, I was broke, stuck with no way forward, and getting old and sliding down financially, emotionally and professionally. That was more than a decade back. I am still here, better than when I was forty. I was lucky to have got a second chance. But the question still lingers.

Did I make the right career choices ?

And today I think I did. Could I have done differently – of course. But we can never turn time backwards. I survived and will continue so….