does anyone else’s family think their ambitions/goals are “stupid”? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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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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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Very much the opposite, but probably because what I ended up doing follows their image of success. Become highly educated in a technical field and then make a decent amount of money (on paper, in this economy). Not sure I would have the same approval if I wanted to become, say, a graphic designer.

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