Stories You Tell About Yourself

Not to be dramatic, but they’re driving your life.

“It’s not who you are that holds you back. It’s who you think you’re not.”
- Jean-Michel Basquiat

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When I was 16 and thinking about college, I began to get the question: what are you going to do for a career? My answer was something like (dopey voice) “Well, uhhhh, I like music, so maybe… DJ?”

I didn’t know what I wanted, because I didn’t really have enough life experience to know what I was any good at. At college, I…