"Normal" is a highly subjective term, but I'll define it like this:

1. Has no physical or mental health problems, nor any conditions that would improve their health.
2. Has an IQ of 100
3. They fit their culture's expectations to a T.

Being normal is both under and overrated in different parts of society. This is due to the Anticonformist Effect: rebellion is now a cultural expectation. Your typical Yuppie in the office or 50's sitcom family would actually be very nonconformist in today's world. So you're stuck choosing between being a hipster like everybody else or working for the man all by yourself.

This leads to interesting phenomena. For example, when the political right controls the government, democrats suddenly hold anti-authoritarian beliefs. When the political left takes control, the political right suddenly tries to appeal to anti-authority.

Another effect is that any obscure organization or lifestyle (a small business or lesser known political position or a fad diet, ect) might suddenly find people rushing to it, in support of their small, independent nature. This will cause them to move away from obscurity and into popularity...which causes them to be abandoned because they've 'sold out'. Basically, this is like somebody feeding a puppy because it's cute and little, and then abandoning it when it grows up because it's no longer cute and little anymore. Or somebody intentionally going out of their way to damage their relationship with their spouse because true love is boring.

Anyways, what I recommend is this: Set your path independently of culture, and then try to get people to conform to [i]you[/i]. If it's unpopular, try to popularize it. If it's popular, make it universal. If it's universal, then try to expand on it.