Sometimes, I feel like life's already mapped out for us. And at other times, I feel like we make our own choices. Which is it?

Feels like both to me..but one thing I know is if u make up your mind to become someone in life considering the challenges and not backing down, u would be what u want to be..!!

"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill, but time and chance happeneth to them all". ECCLESIASTES 9:11

To me, it is. My number one reason is that I was unable to choose the family I was born into. I jus met my self here.

There are no such things as God/gods/Satan/Angel/Sprite/heaven/hell/luck/
miracle/afterlife/written destiny

Believe in reason/science

a philosophical question. i will say it's a combination of both.

Don't mind hati13. There is God. However every human being have free will. But u are bound to the consequences. If there's free will then automatically there's nothing like destiny. Of course thats logic. However there's fate. Don't mistake fate for destiny. Fate is the consequence of your past deeds, words and thoughts (good or evil). Man is the architect of is own life. What is happening to u today is as a result of things u have done in d past. Others were designed so you can learn from them. Remember, our purpose for being in this plane of existence called earth is to develop through experiencing. To know more about life, existence creation God etc, Examine the grail message

You make your own choices. That's what distinguishes us from other beings in creation. We are free moral agents.
But having said that, we all have a blueprint/map, made by God for us to follow. How well you follow that blueprint, will determine how truly successful and fulfilled you would become. Being born again and listening to God will help you discover your purpose for living.
Remember, God will not force you to follow his will for your life. Except in exceptional cases.

Life is based on free will.

Hati13:
Life is based on free will.

I totally agree. We all have a choice. You have a choice to choose Jesus Christ (life) or death. The choice is in your hands.
John 3:16 For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

blackbeau1:
Sometimes, I feel like life's already mapped out for us. And at other times, I feel like we make our own choices. Which is it?

There is a path laid out for us that is ours. It comes with lots of choices that only we can decide. And from offerings and devotion to our ancestral spirits we can be protected from the imbalances cause by environmental and bad choices. Ase, Love Sango