The answer to whether you are walking or wandering often changes from season to season – life is fickle in that way. We asked some of the folks we most admire to reflect on whether they feel like they are walking or wandering and have shared some of their responses below.
John Parra
I’m walking the unbeaten path, one I’ve come to know in my own way. When I was starting out in my art career, it felt much more like wandering: searching, exploring, trying to find the way forward. Over time, that wandering turned into a clearer journey as I found my direction. Read More>>
Chinggay Labrador
I’m wandering in this season of my life! I feel like I’ve established pretty well-set routines when it comes to my day to day, my professional life, and my personal life. Anything outside of my to do’s is a free for all for me, and I have been enjoying this time of exploring, meandering, and letting myself follow my curiosity. Read More>>
Nadine Robinson
I love this question! In this season of my life, I am 100% walking on not just a path but MY PATH! Read More>>
Bex Wilkinson
This is an interesting and perhaps loaded question. Walking infers direction. That I certainly am doing. Wandering suggests a certain aimlessness. However, I would say that WANDERING is a far more beneficial term as an artist. I am walking while wandering through life at this point. Read More>>
Denzelle Simmons
I feel like I’m doing a bit of both. I’m walking a path that I spent a lifetime building for myself, but I’m also wandering because there’s so many amazing things I would like to accomplish still . So many avenues, i just want to make sure I give effort into anything that i involve myself in Read More>>
Georgia Nubia
For years, i had been wandering around on a path trying to figure things out but now i can say i am truly walking a path led by love and living out my dreams. i had no idea i would be where i am today but i am thankful i continued to push through everything and not quit on myself. Read More>>
Michael Sherman
I’m walking a clear and purposeful path as a 30-plus year corporate communications professional focused on helping people and institutions achieve success, whether as a member of a dynamic team capturing a compelling customer testimonial on camera or partnering with leaders company-wide to plan, develop, and execute communications that drive high performance. This same focus is guiding the success of Showkite Productions, LLC. Read More>>
Quantal Langford
I feel that I am walking a path. Like any quest that comes with opportunities and challenges. I’ve proposed a theory that I’ve mentioned on my podcast, the Creative Brew-that everyone is given breadcrumbs on their path. Those hunches, gut feelings or intuition that compels us to go a specific path that fits for each person. Read More>>
Joee Spacey
I believe I’m exploring, rather than walking a path or wandering. My emotional intelligence and self awareness helps me tap into my duality. I’m big on balance, so as we go into Fall, I may feel and create darker images and work. Read More>>
Jeffie Brewer
I’m not strolling along some peaceful path. I’m being dragged, kicking and screaming, down the path. Success has a funny way of choosing the direction and pace for me, whether I think I’m ready or not. I’ll fight it, resist it, try to wander off into the weeds, but the work keeps pulling me forward. Read More>>
Kelly Tracy-Holly
In my early years, I didn’t yet have a clear sense of who I was or the direction I wanted to take. I was still discovering my values and purpose, and, in many ways, I was exploring without a compass. Over time, through both personal growth and professional experience, I found clarity. Read More>>
Robert Morrison
I am walking on a path of greatness, and walking in my purpose. Read More>>
ARMENiO Trujillo
That’s such a good question! I walk a narrow line it feels like I’m morphing into something much better a greater better version of myself. I find myself struggling with the realization of my purpose to the end goal. I have to remind myself who I am and remain on track. In a world of many distractions, and infractions. Read More>>
Isabel Padilla Soto
Interestingly, I always talk about my work as a walk through the night, definitely a wandering one – I don’t enjoy the idea of pressure when it comes to finding the way. I don’t like how we can’t just take a walk anymore, but instead, we have to go somewhere. Read More>>
Mark Caron
Walking a path or wandering ? Well, in honesty neither. I prefer to float along in the river of life, steering where the currents make take me, and avoiding the rapids and hazards life may provide. The great Bruce Lee once said, ‘be like water’. And i have always taken that quote to heart. Water, like life, cannot be forced to anyones will. Read More>>
Mariah Brocka
I’m definitely wandering. To me, walking a path means choosing the way that’s already been done before, it’s easier, it’s safe, it’s predictable, it’s boring. I’ve been there, done that. I’d rather wander. Wandering is where creativity happens. It’s where you find things no one’s ever seen before and create things that have never been done. Read More>>
Clovis Kabongo
Admittedly, I think I have wandered off the path — which is hard to admit. No one ever really wants to say they’re wandering because of the negative connotations. For me, at least, it implies weakness, lack of direction, failure, and uncertainty. Read More>>
Scoop Johnson
I am definitely walking a path. Life can be challenging sometimes so anyone could end up wandering. I just try to take it one day at a time and remain focused on achieving my goals. Read More>>
LVF
Both. I’m walking a path, but I also wander. I’m a woman on a mission. One that goes beyond writing, beyond coaching, and other daily work. My mission is to help humanity awaken to who they truly are, to heal, to remember. Read More>>
Troy ‘Seven’ Timberlake
Are you walking a path—or wandering?…. umm ‘Yes!’ I am walking a path AND wandering! I believe the wandering is what highlights the path. Everyone can pick a direction to move in but even while walking you should still wander (and wonder)…. otherwise you are walking a path with blindfolds on. It’s the wandering and questioning that redefines for you the path you are on. Read More>>
Kateryna Armenta
For most of my life, I believed strongly in walking a planned path. I saw planning as essential—like having a map. If you don’t know your destination and the steps to get there, it’s almost impossible to move from point A to point B. That mindset helped me achieve a lot in my life, because I was very structured and focused. Read More>>
Mercy Madu
Right now, I would say I’m wandering on a path. I’m at a slow yet steady pace that allows my mind to drift for a bit. I have no clear direction except for what’s in front of me and I intend on not looking back. With that, I am on this path just to see where it takes me. Read More>>
John Jackson
I like the Rumi quote, “When you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” To me, it suggests that strategy and planning can be overrated. Strategy is about options and choices—sometimes there are many, sometimes few. Planning implies that the choice has already been made and that all we need is a roadmap. Read More>>
Dineta Williams-Trigg
I’m doing both! I have goals, but sometimes I like to wander. I always have an adventure when I do, and I always make it back on track. Read More>>
alpa rama
The path of raising my consciousness every minute, everyday. Read More>>
Jotwyla Moore
I am walking a path—intentionally, not aimlessly. One of my life mottos is “Living life on purpose,” because I believe in making deliberate choices that lead toward a meaningful destination. I’ve come to understand that the path of life is rarely straight. It winds through mountain highs and valley lows, through fierce storms and dry seasons. Read More>>
DePhane Marcelle Weaver
Our non-profit charity is an extreme garden club who loves to share their talents and help the mission grow. We love the thought of a path in a garden and one that is ever changing as donors step in at the right time. Read More>>
M’ria Swire
I am Always walking a path. I believe we are All walking a Path. whether we are aware of the path is a different story. Sometimes the path is overrun by debris, and sometimes it forks, twists/ turns or even gets lost in the rain. Read More>>
Camelia Bennett
I’d like to say I’m walking a path, but occasionally wander off of it to experience something new. If people only stick to one path, they miss out on discovering experiences and people that would enhance their lives in ways they never imagined. However, if all one does is wander, then what drives them to do better, to reach a goal they set for themselves? Read More>>
Arvetra Domonic Jones
There are people around me that think I am wandering. Some of the same people that have been there with me walking are now thinking that I am wandering. Because surroundings have changed, it is a thought that now I am wandering without direction. Read More>>
Zoleka Sparks
I am definitely not only on the path to success; but I am charging forward. But I have decades of experience, community-rooted leadership, diversified revenue streams, and consistent recognition, I also exemplify a disciplined, time-tested path to greatness — earned through resilience, strategy, and relentless execution. Read More>>
