summarize this text A cousin of mine set his heart on studying law at a top university - to the surprise of his family as he had never been a high flyer at school. But he worked like crazy, got accepted at the university - and allowed himself one night of celebration before setting himself a new target: a first-class degree. There followed three years of head-down study (with zero social life), then he did a Master's degree and more years of work... He had barely received his certificate before he disappeared to volunteer in a stray animal shelter in Malaysia, where he's lived very happily ever since. It took him seven years to admit to himself that he loathed law: he just had to keep pursuing that next goal. OK, so don't set the wrong goals in the first place but sometimes it's hard to be sure of what we really want until we get it. There's nothing wrong with having aspirations and taking a few chances,