'embarked on a path of' is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You could use it for any situation in which a person begins a journey, either literally or figuratively. For example, "John embarked on a path of self-improvement, setting goals and taking classes to help him reach his full potential."
That desire consumed him from a very young age, when he embarked on a path of relentless achievement.
But when I embarked on a path of formal research 30 years ago, I had no idea this recognition would happen".
"This is a very dangerous apocalyptic symptom, and we must do everything in our powers to ensure that sin is never sanctioned in Russia by state law, because that would mean that the nation has embarked on a path of self-destruction," Christian Post quoted him as saying.
Starting in 2001, after his discharge from the Army, where he was based in Washington State and had no obvious red flags on his record, he seems simply to have embarked on a path of unrelenting mayhem, committing his first homicide that year.
That was before China embarked on a path of "reform and opening up," which has increased the size of the economy nearly twentyfold since 1978, produced a vast middle class, and amassed more than two trillion dollars in foreign-currency reserves.
These were the years of the "Hippie Trail," when self-designated "world travelers" piled into used Volkswagen vans and embarked on a path of self-discovery that led from Istanbul to Katmandu.
The company recently embarked on a path to reinvent itself and its line of lenses with a focus on greater quality, as well as value, however, and the approach is making even brand loyalists sit up and take note.
The Government of Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has embarked on a path to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) through implementation of four risk-protection schemes.
A new fiscal compact would be the most important signal from euro area governments for embarking on a path of comprehensive deepening of economic integration.
As I grew up I encountered more people who felt the same way that I did; young people with religious upbringings who were embarking on a path of humanistic atheism.
