Life Lessons in Course Correction From Ms. Pac-Man
My dream as a kid was to be an Olympic roller skater.
Never mind that roller skating isn’t in the Olympics — that was a small obstacle to my ten-year-old brain. Childhood felt powerless, with everyone making all of the decisions for me as I was pulled along for the ride, willing or not. But adulthood, man, that was going to be the jam. My vision of being a grown up had no room for tiny details like my dream not existing — in my head, the future molded to me.