I've gone seven years now without college, and I've found that my previously brazen attitude about not needing college has been tempered with a deeper understan

I've gone seven years now without college, and I've found that my previously brazen attitude about not needing college has been tempered with a deeper understanding about what college will be able to give me, should I ever attend. Of course, the needs might well be met by the oncoming wave of MOOCs, but the idea that knowing what one wants out of something (in this case, college) before executing on it is a force multiplier to its effectiveness applies to a great many other things. Why not here?