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Hit close to home! At age 15 I was literally being paid 3x minimum wage by my friend’s dad to build an e-commerce site for his photography business. But my slav
by jkhdigital 5y ago
Hit close to home! At age 15 I was literally being paid 3x minimum wage by my friend’s dad to build an e-commerce site for his photography business. But my slavemaster (school, of course) took priority and I never had time to finish the project. Ended up failing out of college (undiagnosed ADHD as well) and enlisted in the navy as an escape hatch. The “real” experience of military life straightened out all my dysfunctional behavior, and makes me wonder how things might have been if I hadn’t been so depressed and hopeless and bored for so many years of my adolescence.
- tailspin2019 5y ago> The “real” experience of military life straightened out all my dysfunctional behavior Interesting. I've often thought that this would have really helped iron out some of my character flaws early on too. At least in the military you are willingly signing up for an experience that you know will be hard, but likely also rewarding and character shaping. Everyone I know who has been in the military seems to have developed a more resilient and disciplined approach to life which has served them very well later on. Although clearly it's not universally good for everyone who takes this path.