lifepath
One's destined route
A lifepath is the trajectory of choices, experiences, and circumstances that shape a person's journey through life.
The term appears in astrology and numerology, where a lifepath number supposedly reveals one's purpose or destiny.
In role-playing games, lifepath systems generate character backstories through sequential choices: The lifepath gave my character a criminal past and a dead sibling.
More broadly, it describes any significant life direction: She chose the academic lifepath over business.
Dedicated career path
- professionTrained occupational field
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- callingStrongly felt purpose
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
employment · workplace · corporate · entrepreneurship · ambition · promotion · networking · resume
Extended adventurous journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- questSeeking journey for something
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- passageSegment of text
trail · route · wayfarer · traveler · crossroads · detour · roadmap · chapter
Progress toward maturity
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- transformationThorough change in form
- self-improvementEnhancing oneself deliberately
flourishing · blossoming · actualization · potential · progression · enrichment · cultivation · nurturing
Predetermined course of events
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- providenceDivine protective care
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- fortuneWealth or destiny
prophecy · divination · astrology · tarot · horoscope · serendipity · inevitability · predetermination
vocation
Dedicated career path
- professionTrained occupational field
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- callingStrongly felt purpose
livelihood · employment · workplace · corporate · entrepreneurship · ambition · promotion · networking · resume · skills
odyssey
Extended adventurous journey
- voyageJourney by sea
- questSeeking journey for something
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
passage · trail · route · wayfarer · traveler · crossroads · detour · roadmap · chapter · arc
development
Progress toward maturity
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- transformationThorough change in form
self-improvement · flourishing · blossoming · actualization · potential · progression · enrichment · cultivation · nurturing · unfolding
fate
Predetermined course of events
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- providenceDivine protective care
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
fortune · prophecy · divination · astrology · tarot · horoscope · serendipity · inevitability · predetermination · destined
lifepathaimlessness
Lack of direction
drift · directionlessness · purposelessness · wandering · stagnation
lifepathinstant
Briefest unit of time
crossroads · turning point · moment · decision point · snapshot
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