the road less traveled

the road less traveled

The less popular or common option. The phrase is typically associated with Robert Frost's 1916 poem "The Road Not Taken." I took the road less traveled when I decided not to go to college, unlike all of my siblings. Quitting your job to do art full-time is certainly the road less traveled, but has it made you happier?
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