Rec | NOT TO BE HUSTLE AND GRIND MINDSET ABOUT IT BUT

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Not to be hustle and grind mindset about it but - it is worth getting hustle and grind mindset about it

I graduated with a degree that i def should’ve applied to grad school with - instead I went right into the workforce and hated where I ended up so I just started to upskill and build a modest portfolio of any kind of work I was skilled at to get a job. I for sure hit up old friends from college to help me network and find something that fit and it’s paid off - you really do have to light a fire under your own ass and look at people in a very transactional light as far as giving you resources/time/opportunity and be hopeful and perhaps delusional enough for it to work don’t treat this as a temporary thing, don’t get lost in the sause!

@aidanaguirre

Mar 26, 2024

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@taterhole

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you're not alone in feeling this way

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@royallmonarch

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