Corporate environment makes you forget your true self. Think back to who you were before you started. Throwing success out of the equation, would your old self like what they see?

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Dear god no. I’m a paranoid, neurotic mess now. A far cry from the bright-eyed optimist I was 6 years ago. 😣

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Hell no that dude got left behind. Survival of the fittest.

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Pretty sure my 12 year old self would be mega pumped. Hot and cool fiancé I love, cute ass lab puppy I also love, plenty of coins in my pocket to buy dumb shit like a a sweet sound system. Yup little me would be happy.

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The old self would be disgusted at the sellout corporate drone they see now.

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My old self's dream was to be an attorney at a big law firm, so I've got that going for me

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I’d say at a deeper level I would not be satisfied. But the reality is the road to comfort is typically not ideal. I can only tweak things here or there with the hope it’ll be less burdensome. Public accounting has jaded me that I can say with certainty

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Part of the reason why I got out of public

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An alcoholic apparently

Some of you still are talking about success. Think deeper.

Younger me would be sitting in a corner rocking and weeping.

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