I’ve been thinking about this lately. I wanted to be a doctor, but my family broke apart in my teens, which affected my mental health and, subsequently, my studies. I worked in construction and as a driver on the side for a bit before replacing the former with work as a personal trainer. Now I work as a bodyguard for a rich kid, which is de facto more of a surveillance, driving, and companionship role than a security one, since his dad has hardcore professionals for times when security is really needed. I didn’t expect my life to turn out this way, to be honest.

  • Strider@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    I wanted to do IT and I’m doing IT.

    Likely related to being neurodivergent. There are also a lot of things I was told I’d change my opinion on later like tastes for food or politics but nope, didn’t change.

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      50 minutes ago

      I wanted to do IT, so I did IT for 18 years and then GTFO of IT.

      In the immortal words of Roy,