does anyone else’s family think their ambitions/goals are “stupid”? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 3 months ago by drbollocks to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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i’m constantly told to give up on my goals. they’re not even unrealistic, i don’t want to be a big, giant unicorn who saves the world or something.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago

I wanted to be in a famous rock band. It was reasonable to tell me that was highly unlikely. Unless your goals are like that, screw them and do what makes you happy.

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