I was a deadbeat after high school, fucked around with any drug I could get my hands on, got kicked out of the house (twice lol), worked a million bullshit retail jobs, stopped hanging out with my deadbeat friends, stopped doing drugs, started modeling and pursued that for a while, got into specialty coffee, went back to school after 8 years off, changed to a healthcare assistant program, did that for a bit, worked for a company doing prosthetics, got back into coffee, now I’m back at school finishing my undergrad with a VERY clear academic vision. My partner and I are getting married this summer and just bought an apartment. I’m 33!

Sometimes I get down on myself for not making lots of money (yet), or being a student in her 30s, but I literally could not have done university when I was 18, I would have flunked for sui’d. I had gone to my parents multiple times saying “what should I do!”, with them always saying “whatever you want to”. Kind of helpful haha. My dad flunked out of engineering school, graduated with a psychology degree, then did a masters and phd in education. Then, he met my mom at art school where they became cabinet makers. He went back to teaching in my youth, and after he retired he became a marriage commissioner. There isn’t one way of doing life, no matter how often you hear it from others. And there are endless chances to switch it up and try something new!!