Sure you should obey, but not necessarily the orders of the external world. Instead, reflect upon what they are asking you, and decide for yourself if your being feels like it can go along with the proposed fork in the road of your future.
And if it isn't, do not comply to whatever is being shoved into your face as a truth of society. There is a path we all follow together, but the route is not clear yet, or at least not as clear as we would like it to be...