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I had a very easy childhood, thanks to two very hardworking parents. It was great, until the real world punched me in the face. I was able to get into a really good college, but it was also really demanding and I wasn't really mature enough to be away from home at 18... I turned to partying... my grades started slipping... broke up with my girlfriend... lost a loved one who I was very close to... Eventually I flunked out. I had to transfer to another school closer to home to finish my degree, which I ultimately did. But, something that takes normal people 4 years, took my dumb ass 7. Live and learn I guess. Ever since then I had been carrying around this weight of failure... not being good enough... depression... I lived with it for a long time. Eventually I was able to get diagnosed with clinical depression. Left untreated for so many years, the damage was done... worst of all was all the time wasted. I often wonder what I could have been. Now, I'm on meds and being treated, seeing a therapist a few times a week. I have a family, wife and kids, a full-time job, and trying to get my Skool career off the ground. Life is certainly not so easy anymore. Just trying my best to take it day by day and keep my head above water and the demons at bay. I'm hoping to find a supportive space where I can share my learnings, and help others through their own struggles.

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