What did you want to be when you were growing up / in college? I wanted to go into archaeology. Got almost two years in before was told I wouldn’t get money for college so I had to change to something more “professional”.

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Definitely never dreamed of being a consultant 😫

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OP, you dodged a bullet. I know a few ex archaeologists and apparently it sucks and everyone is an alcoholic.

I wanted to be the good, underpaid kind of lawyer.

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Now I’m just a consultant alcoholic 😂

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In college I hated my major so much I figured I should've just been a stripper

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What was the major 👀

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Window cleaning ninja.

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Cricketer 🏏

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Secretary-General of the UN.
I’m still hopeful, but there are 2 obstacles:
1. I won’t get elected (1% of total risk)
2. The UN will become the second LON due to some (cross off) too many unilateral military operations from the unsolicited policeman (99% of total risk)

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