The future isn't due yet | Cecília Bulle | TEDxEscola Concept Ribeirão Preto

A TEDx talk by Cecília Bulle, a Grade 8 student at Escola Concept Ribeirão Preto, on the pressure young people feel to decide their future early. Bulle shares a letter she wrote to her future self at age ten, describing plans for a dream home, four children and a career as an agricultural engineer like her father, to show how childhood plans may not match later desires. She cites OECD data indicating that 40% of 15-year-olds cannot name the career they intend to pursue. The talk encourages viewers to accept uncertainty as part of discovery and growth, and to stay curious rather than predict exactly who they will become. It references John Lennon's observation that life is what happens while we are busy making other plans. The video was given at an independently organized TEDx event.

• Pressure on young people to define their future at an early age
• A childhood letter to a future self and how plans change
• OECD data: 40% of 15-year-olds cannot name their intended career
• Embracing uncertainty and staying curious

In this TEDx presentation, Cecília Bulle addresses the pressure young people face to define their future at an early age, reflecting on the idea that our identities remain static throughout life. The speaker shares a letter she wrote to her future self at the age of ten, in which she imagined her dream home, having four children, and pursuing a career as an agricultural engineer, just like her father, to illustrate how the plans we make in childhood may not reflect the desires we develop later in life. She also presents data from the OECD showing that 40% of 15-year-olds cannot identify the career they intend to pursue. Bulle invites the audience to embrace uncertainty as a natural part of the process of discovery and growth, reminding us that the future does not need to be rigidly defined. The speaker emphasizes that the goal is not to predict exactly who we will become, but to remain curious throughout the journey, recalling John Lennon’s famous observation that life is what happens while we are busy making other plans. Grade 8 student at Escola Concept Ribeirão Preto This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx