She didn't have one. Voldemort had a plan, her parents had a plan, Lord knew James had a plan, even Petunia did, but she'd always just made up her own path as she went along. She never did realize that everyone knew about it except her. Then James wanted face-to-face time with the Dark Lord, and he was dragging her along, but it was summer, only she never had a choice. And he knew.

"She didn’t know. She wished she had, later, as she held up an umbrella to try to stop a tsunami, but by then it was too late. But she wouldn't start with the end. She was thinking about the beginning."

There are four main paths, in his opinion. To each of them, Harry attributes a side of himself and his life - with or without Ginny.