A lighthouse doesn’t tell you where to go. It tells you where not to be. Sometimes that’s the whole plan.

Negative information is underrated because it does not feel like guidance. A light on a headland offers no destination at all, and it still keeps ships off the rocks, which on a bad night is the only thing that matters. Knowing what to avoid can be enough to steer by even when the goal is unclear.

If you cannot name what you want yet, name two or three things you are sure you do not want. A job like that one, a group that treats people like that, a version of your week that looks like last term. Then make choices that stay clear of those. Direction can come later.