Taking the first steps to bring the dream into a reality is the hardest part. ... The previous job I had was higher management and towards the end of that six year position, I grew tired of the nights of wondering if the doing the shuffle to make sense of the work I was doing was right for me and started to question how fulfilling it was for me. ... I even looked into being a paralegal, for at one point, I wanted to become a lawyer, but that dream soon fizzled when I did research and attended classes where my instructor bluntly stated that the program was not for someone with a life or family,...

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In a way he refers to it as an allusion or a dream he wanted to be but really knowing he wasn't there. ... If he could just turn back the hands of time I'm sure he would no longer be a bad kid, he would most likely be playing chess three nights after school was out. ...

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