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I was lied to as a child.
I have a feeling you were, too.
I remember sitting in my dad’s old apartment after my parent’s divorce, staring at an old laptop screen with Arizona State University’s website open, wondering what I was going to study and commit to for the rest of my life.
At the age of 18, I was faced with a near-impossible decision. I was forced to know exactly what I wanted out of life when I hadn’t even had a life of my own. I was forced to choose the starting point of the career I would spend the next 40+ years of my life. I was forced to choose something that seemed to “set me up for a good future,” or else I would pay the consequences, literally, with a pile of student loans.
For most people, they choose the career that will make them the most money… but that’s a lie.
For others, they choose the career that people will respect them for… but that’s a lie.
For the rest, they choose the career they think they will enjoy the most… but again, that’s a lie.
You were sold an illusion by parents and teachers who were sold an illusion.
Their degrees, or lack thereof, had little to no impact on their income, status, or enjoyment. A degree may have opened…
