More sleep, more well-rested.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans aged 25–54 work 40.5 hours per week.

I worked 12 hours a month for a year, due to #StayHome, flattening the curve, and slowing the spread of the covid message.

Department of Rehabilitation meeting

*finishes college

Your next step is to go into the workforce

“I’m not a machine!” (Starts to cry…)

I couldn’t picture myself working in an office or corporate for 20 years.

“You don’t want people to see you cry, so wipe your tears, and go out the door.”

Counselor and Pop’s agreed.

DOR training (Computer technology program)

It feels like school all over again…

I’m in a classroom again. On zoom.

I’ll rather be working than be in this class.

Picks up a job as Prime Shopper (grocery shopper)

Decides to no longer be in the class, and be a part of computer bootcamp.

Friends ask if I would go back to school.

I don’t want to go back to school again. That’s why I quit the IT program too.

The clock keeps ticking. Construction workers keep working.

The more distanced we become from our choices, the less responsible we feel for them.

The difference between people who do it and don’t is that some people just don’t want to do it.

A lot of people work.

Most things cost money.

The way I touch people’s hearts doesn’t cost money.

The way I touch people’s souls doesn’t cost a thing.

My values come from inside me.

I can create good things for our world.