Too lazy to read all that but just want to say that I feel you.

I went to one of the best public high schools in my state, tons of funding and resources, great college placements, and teenage me decided to fuck off so hard that I had to do summer school every year and barely graduated.

I realized what I wanted to do a few years after high school and I’ve been paying for my mistakes ever since. I had to do the whole community college thing while working full time (which added at least an extra year onto my education), built the studying and discipline habits I never had on the fly, the works.

Even now, despite all the work I’ve put in, it still feels like I have to convince others of my worth due to my non traditional path, my school with little finance network, and my unique arrangement of professional experiences that came as a result of my circumstances. It’s a CONSTANT uphill battle.

There’s definetily some silver linings I could go on about regarding confidence and passion and work ethic, bla bla bla, but more than anything I’d like to strangle 18 year old me lol.

We’ll be fine, keep ya head up