To paraphrase Forest Gump, life is (somewhat)like an empty barbell. The key distinction is, you do (or should) have a pretty good idea of what you’re going to get. The empty barbell is full of possibilities. Depending on what you do with it (weightlifting, powerlifting, strongman, CrossFit) you will achieve different outcomes. Similarly, although we all have ‘lives’, we do different things with them, coming to live our lives in different ways. Learn to load and move the barbell, learn to live the life you want.