Friendly Advice (Patreon)

Our friend Hélène asked us to write a nice message on a postcard and send it to her daughter Jeanne who studies in Paris.

Hélène is one dear friend to us, so we feel the responsibility to give Jeanne some useful advice.

Jeanne is currently studying in a nice school in Paris, but she's not passionate about her major, and for several times, she expressed the frustration towards her future career. (By "frustration", I mean she literally cried in front of us talking about her current/future job).

And it's not as easy as it seems to give good advice to a young woman. If it was up to me, I would honestly tell her to hassle for ten years, until she finds her passion and learns to make a living with it. However, her parents clearly want her to play it safe, finish the study and get a stable job. So we ended up writing her something generic like "keep going, you're doing great..."

That's why I think there's an important lesson to be told here, that is: sometimes you have to trust your own judgement and don't take the advice from your loved ones (family or friends), cause very often they might love you too much to give you the good advice.