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Letter to My 24 Year Old Self

Dear Me, I am writing to let you know a couple of things that may make life easier and (hopefully) reduce any regrets in the future. First of all, keep striving and challenging yourself physically. The feeling of knowing you had, at one time, been unstoppable and could actually accomplish the things you put your mind to physically will one day comfort you when you are then needing to adjust the reality of what you want to do to the reality of what you could actually do. Second, dig the well before you're thirsty. The relationships you'll wish you had should have been begun being built a long time ago. Find something like www.advancedhumandynamics.com and do the things they teach and don't put them off! Thirdly, you'll need to have the ability to navigate the world of interpersonal relationships masterfully and handle them with a clear sense of who you are. Do the work of developing a sense of the roles you play, know very clearly what you value, and never doubt ...

How I got Into Over $200k in Student Loan Debt

The highlight of any prospective dental student applying to dental schools is the moment when you've torn open that letter from the dental school where you know that interview you had a few months back was just magic. You and the interviewer just clicked, and you knew it'd be a dream come true if you'd just be able to be counted as one of their peers eventually. Those feelings culminate in ripping open the envelope and scouring for any possible positive words: "Accepted," or "It is my pleasure to..." or "Offer you a position in the class of..." Then you go back and read it about 72 times to make sure you read it right, somehow you got in. Of course you're going, you are one of the luckiest people to be counted among the accepted. The thought literally never crosses your mind as to how you'll pay for it. You've already answered the question in your mind without ever asking it, "I'll just get loans like everyone else, once ...