dmorin's Journal: Life: Top-down, or Bottom-up Design?

So when you look at the "what do I want to do with my life" question, would you say that your approach to the answer is more top down, or bottom up? Do you envision the goal first, then break it down into milestones, then work on those? Or do you take stock of what you've already got and ask, "Ok, where can I go with this?" (I realize that's not the exact definition of topdown vs bottomup but I needed a catchy summary).