The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living?

I agree with Socrates that the unexamined life is not worth living. At some point in your life, you must look back on what you've done so far and evaluate whether you like what you've done or don't. At that moment, you can make a change in your habits in order to become more productive or meet a goal that you have. I don't think that it's possible to set goals if you don't examine your life and see where it's headed. There would be no way to know if you want to go to college, or if want to start a business in downtown Chicago. Self-evaluation is an essential tool that allows one to realize what they want the most and them to figure out how to achieve whatever that may be. While there may be little consequence to going through the motions of life without much thought about future plans, countless opportunities are missed if you don't think about possibilities for yourself and how you have excel in whatever it is you do. I believe that most major decisions are made through self-evaluation because at the end of the day, you have to make a decision that will make you happy, regardless of what others may think of that decision. Without examining your life, it would be extremely easy for somebody to steer you in the wrong direction and you sway your beliefs. Most people form their beliefs by looking at themselves and the world around them. They take in what they hear from parents, friends, and the media and try to relate it to their life. Without the careful examination of your life, it becomes very difficult to understand how anything that happens in the world could relate to you.