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I Didn't Want That Life..

Name: I Didn't Want That Life..
Uploaded: 2025-04-27T02:30:17+00:00
Duration: 36 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this candid first‑person video, Speaker A reflects on a pivotal moment in their mid‑twenties. At 22, they were a consultant living in a paid‑for condo…

27 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this candid first‑person video, Speaker A reflects on a pivotal moment in their mid‑twenties. At 22, they were a consultant living in a paid‑for condo with a seemingly clear, long‑term career and lifestyle plan. Observing peers who were two decades older made them realize they did not want the future that seemed pre‑written for them. The growing pressure and misalignment sparked a deep internal questioning of their desired life. Concluding that their current path was not authentic, they decided to leave their consulting job, despite uncertainty, to eventually start their own business, embracing the risk as a chance to pursue a more fulfilling direction.

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I was a consultant, 22-ish years old. I had a paid-for condo that I bought overlooking the city. I had a really clear path of what my life could look like in the next 20, 30 years, and it was fairly well defined. But when I saw the people who were 20 years ahead of me, I really didn't want their life. And then it started making me look at my life, and I was like, I don't even know if I really want my life. I'm not trying to be dramatic here, but I'm saying that if you feel a lot of pressure, I get it. Like, I tried to leave the job that I was at to pursue just literally anything that wasn't that. Just, I wanted to start a business at some point. I didn't know how I was going to do it. I just knew that what I was doing was not the path I wanted to be on. And I was like, well, I might as well take a chance.