Rat Race

Graduate high school. Go to college. Graduate again. Get a job. Get married. Work until you're

65. Retire to Florida and die.

This is an example of the framework that a lot of us grow up being expected to follow a

well-traveled path. I'd never really thought about whether or not that path was for me.

We have desks in rows in school to teach us to be able to sit for long periods of time. We have

bells to acclimate us to factory conditions. From first grade onwards, we learn to follow this path

and not think about where we are going on it.

Creative thinking is like a light through the fog of expectations. It's like taking a black-and-white

TV show and changing it into color. It's the kind of thinking that disrupts expectations and a path

that isn't for everyone.

Graduate high school. Take a year and travel. Go to college. Start a business and drop out.

Expand internationally. Go back to college and graduate. Meet interesting people. Work for

something you care about. Retire fulfilled and die happy.

There isn't a set path if you don't want one.

By: Anna Sullivan

Year: Junior

Hometown: Oxford, OH

Major: Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Fun Fact: I'm scuba certified