I graduated from Arizona State University in May 2011.  I was 22 years old.  Needless to say, I was pretty proud of myself!  A Bachelor’s degree already at the age of 22 and I now had my entire life ahead of me.  But I also needed a job.  That was fine with me – I was ready to start making money instead of spending it on student loans.  The problem?  I couldn’t get a job in my field of study, which was history and culture.  I went to school to be a high school history teacher but by the time I was ready to graduate with my Bachelor’s, I still needed to get certified as a teacher.  Forget it.  I started applying for jobs.  On August 1, 2011, I started a job as a banker.  Little did I know, it was the beginning of a miserable career that would turn into a dream come true.

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