For a couple years, my childhood life goal of being a prominent scientist was fading as I underachieved academically, and I didn't come to terms with it until I fully embraced my new radical (and poorer) self as part of an anarchist collective.

But there was another turnaround point, where I started to realize how dumb most capitalist bosses are. Now I want to start housing land trusts and get workers' co-ops off the ground, and go on a bunch of commune-building adventures.

If anything, the plot has gotten less mundane.