after talking to hundreds of students i have noticed the ones who are most lost are not the ones who failed

the ones who are most lost are the ones who always did what was expected of them they took the right stream. joined the right coaching. scored decent marks. never caused any trouble at home and now at 18 or 19 they are sitting in front of me completely blank when i ask what do you actually want because nobody ever asked them that before the ones who failed at least know what did not work for them. that is something. that is information they can use but the ones who just kept going without ever questioning anything. they are the ones who wake up at 20 realising they have been living someone else's plan this entire time if this is you right now you are not behind. you are just starting to ask the right questions for the first time that is not a bad place to be