Diary 070: The Decade Theory & Invisible Work

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I exited NYU with my degree and zero career offers.

The initial thesis was to become a professor by attending Teachers College at Columbia University the following Fall. 

I pivoted, which is the socially acceptable term for “rebranding my failure as visionary redirection.”

The truth was, after the dopamine hit of acceptance wore off, the math was brutal.

What seemed like a good “investment” at the time now looked as if I was throwing good money after the bad.

So, I returned home. 

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The First Bottom of My Personal Market Cycle

Summer in Florida after graduation felt terminal rather than transitional. I spent most days taking my German Shepherd, Achilles, to his “appointments” (read: sitting on a bench at the dog park bench while contemplating my future).

During this time, my grandmother showed her support through abundant feeding, mirroring the way of corporate America— the belief that any problem could be solved by simply throwing more resources at them.

In retrospect, it was the last time I spent so much time with both Achilles, who has since moved on, and my grandmother, who now lives in South Korea and is too old to travel.

I did not know it then, but this became one of the most important and uninterrupted periods of knowledge acquisition of my life.

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Invisible Work