 So congratulations, you made it! No wait, I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to your parents. I'd like to take a minute to give it up to your parents for their blood, sweat, and tears, their financial contributions, and most importantly for not driving here every weekend under the guise of offering to do your laundry. Do not give up on your dreams too soon. Do not think that just because you don't get the job that you dream about in the first year or the second year or the fifth year that you should give up. Don't. Have faith. Everything in this world comes from effort, everything. Don't end up being so focused on what you want to be that you avoid working on who you want to be. The job's one thing. You're going to have lots of jobs, at 50 you can change your career, it happens. But who you are, that's not as easy to leave behind.