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title: "Achieving your dreams: what next?"
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category: "personal"
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date: "04-08-2026"
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# I achieved most of my dream goals much earlier than I expected. Now what?
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I'm in a pickle mentally; this is a situation in which I was never truly expecting to get to where I am at currently.
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I would like to preface with the fact that I have always put my best foot forward. Image is incredibly important to me,
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but work is paramount; if you are unable to hold up both to the best of your ability, I believe one will fail.
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## Past In Leadership
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I started at a young age in Cub Scouts, before quickly climbing the ranks and moving on to Boy Scouts. I quickly became
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the troop's Assistant Senior Patrol Leader (ASPL), and I took on additional responsibilities such as leading troop
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meetings, organizing campouts, miscellaneous administrative tasks, and teaching my fellow scouts valuable safety and
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personal life skills.
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Past my scouting life, I have dedicated multiple years of my life to building safe-space communities for all on
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platforms such as Discord and in real life, even creating and leading the Southern US's largest interest-based
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community. Over the years, this community grew to hosting 250+ members monthly at in-person events, with an additional
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social media presence spanning over 2,000 members. Some of my duties included running the group, coordinating logistics
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such as premiering guests on Netflix, flying musicians out to in-house events, working alongside large non-profit
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organizations such as Nashville Pride in partnership, and more.
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## You _will_ swim - sinking isn't an option.
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_You are never too young to succeed. It just matters when you start._
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I am _incredibly_ obsessed with ensuring I can deliver quality products. I strive for complexity and niche requirements;
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I find that I usually work best if I'm thrown into the fire with a good challenge for me.
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Part of my dedication to my craft is that I will dedicate 100% of my time and power to it. I take on projects as a
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personal mission every time if the project aligns with my interests; I will not rest until I have achieved my goals.
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This means that I am very often obsessing over small details on my work and do regularly end up re-writing my work or
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plans many times. The reward of having it _just right_ is absolutely worth the effort.
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## Proving It
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I have maintained relative proof of my achievements and have been able to demonstrate my skills and work to a great many
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people. This is incredibly important and necessary; you may be able to vouch for yourself, but other people won't see
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you for who you are if you can't back up your claims.
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Keeping track of everything has enabled me to move very far very fast in life; I am now a software engineer working in
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the medical industry at just 20 years old, and have achieved my lifelong dream of becoming a developer since childhood.
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## And what about nowadays?
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In all honesty, it feels kind of... empty, knowing you've achieved what you set out to do. Call it a recalibration or
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"rebalancing" of sorts.
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Work has been challenging me well, and I am thrilled with where I am now. I've set myself up to be able to comfortably
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live where I am and work on these projects, but I am finding that I am now in the active process of defining exactly
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what my next ambition looks like.
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I am beyond happy and excited to shape my new future, and I look forward to contributing to amazing projects and
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spearheading innovation where I can.
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