the song and dance

So I stumbled upon the following earlier and it reaaaaaally got me thinking (please watch it):

If I'm honest with myself, I've always been a free spirit. I've always gone with my gut for the most part and I wanna to roam along life. I've always known that I can't stay in one place, whether physically or mentally. After I watched this...how flawed is our society's notion of 'success'? Mr. Watts likens life to a musical composition- the end isn't the focal point. (I feel like the end point of music is always like a summation or a continuation- and isn't life like that too?) But sadly, we've been taught to work for that end goal of money, success, etc and who even knows what that end is for sure! It's never been guaranteed but somehow the school-> college -> job, etc model is the one that's socially accepted...and don't get me wrong, I have nothing against education at all, I believe its fully essential to our world, but something in me thinks that it isn't for everyone. Like some of us weren't built to follow that socially acceptable model- some of us have different paths and we need to realize that that's totally okay too because we can still contribute to this society... and because in the end all that matters is that we 'sang and danced while the music was being played.'

 I would hate to wake up when I'm 40 and feel disillusioned wondering if this job after years and years of training was it and I feel like I wouldn't be happy with my job then if I was forced to decide on something with my 20-some mental state. Like I feel like we are supposed to change...even if its just a little bit because we're supposed to be constantly learning and again, I know some people have callings and things they are made to do, but we can't brainwash everyone into thinking that it's the corporate ladder or bust.

I probably write this because I'm 20 and these are the years that I'm supposed to be fighting it out and growing and I have to allow myself to continually grow instead of being like, okay, this is the goal and we cant change it and you have to do it because your family said so/ its financial security/ it looks good.

Life is a song and dance...we're supposed to enjoy it while we're in the moment, not rush through it and finally see what we missed in those previous measure when we're at the end.

I really like that analogy. Life is a song. And none of this makes sense...