Bill Watterson
-Cartoonist
So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.
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Your preparation for the real world is not in the answers you've learned, but in the questions you've learned how to ask yourself.
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... it's worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success. You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure. The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive. At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It's a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you'll probably take a few.
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Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it's to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success.
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Kenyon College
Gambier, OH
May 20, 1990
Sent in by: Cristina
Posted on: 01.15.2008