We are all the sum total of our experience. Some of us have received minute guidance throughout every step of our lives, and some of us have barely received any attention from our elders. Most of us fall in between. IN that in between status lies a multitude of variables when it comes to how we perceive ourselves and our places in the world.

By the time it comes to adulthood, it is assumed that most of us either know what we will do, or know how to find out. We don’t come out of a cookie cutter factory.

By the way, the “to be or not to be” reference has nothing to do with what one will become. It is a choice of “to live or not to live.” Hamlet is contemplating suicide.

Some people just don’t care. All they’re looking for is a release from the bonds of education. There are those who just don’t have enough money to go to college. There are those who do, but it’s not their thing. Then, there are the ones who just don’t have the grades. Those who lack the funds and the grades ‘do’ have a chance at life.

Join the military service. Navy, Air Force, whatever is your thing. In the military you can get a great education and learn a great trade. Electrical, automotive… a lot….

My own grades were not that great. I went into the military for four years and landed a job with the U.S. Government. I’m now retired from the U.S. Secret Service. I’m also a writer and a published author.

Don’t let money or grades set you up to fail. It doesn’t have to be that way.