What is your definition of the grey area? Would you say you are in it currently?

• “It is an area of uncertantity for me. Like I think the grey  area is not knowing the unknown, being on your journey but not knowing if you are going to get to your final destination.  I believe life throws you alot of curveballs and sometimes you are on an unpredicted path and led through some things and it totally keeps you from where you are going. So for me the grey area in being on the road to my journey and not knowing when I am going to get there. Not knowing if im going to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
• “Am I currently in my grey area right now? Yes. Because I am still on my journey, I am trying to get back into school, I already enrolled back into college so I’m on that road, that predicted path. I’m finishing my degree. But, there are other things…will I be able to finish it?  Will I have to drop out again?  I often have to take care of family back home. Will I be able to juggle school and work? There is so many. Will I be able to pursue my dream which is to become a nutritonalist? Will I become a successful nutrionalist so I can help my people, my community, cause I want to be that voice of ‘hey we can live a healthier life’. Be that person at the table to teach my people, which is my black people how to live a greater life. So there is lots of  grey in my life right now cause I’m still on my journey. “

During your period when you discontinued school, what were your feelings and thoughts?

• “Disappointment, frustration, anger, disappointment in self because I felt a sense of uncertainty. Would I start back? Yea, I wanted to start back , I knew I was going to start back but I hated the fact that I had to do stuff for so long to be able to start back again. Just all around disappointment I guess, I just want to finish so bad when I finally I had to realize I had to stop, I was disappointed in myself. “

How do you view college?

• “I think I view it as a much needed thing that you should do but dont necessarily have to do to become successful beacuse there are so many people who have not gone to college making mogul money and so many people who have gone to college and are making zero, zilch, nada . I feel like its a necessary evil but an evil that you can get away with not completing if you know how to get away with entreprenuerial moves.”

How would you define college?

• “Bullshit.”

Are there any lessons you learned and would like to share?

•   “I would say if you have the ability to just push through any obstacle that you are facing in your personal life, push trhough it but dont drop out. Because the older you get, the more you tell yourself, you do not want to go back. The more you wait to back, the harder it is to get yourself back into the groove of school. So if you can do it when you are young and knock that shit out. Do it when you are young and knock that shit out. Dont waste time, dont idle. Thats what I would say to the younger me, like get your shit together, get your shit, push through all your obstacles and try and get it done. Thats what would I say about college or the advice I would give to people. But, I would also say if you really really truly feel this is not for you, dont force it. Do something that is for you and please dont get a degree that you can’t muthafuckin use, like, some degree in some kind of bullshit that aint gonna make you no money and then come out deadass broke . Get a practical degree, something that you can make a lil bit on it. The thing you are passionate about go do that on the side hustle, but do not be wasting fasfa money on some liberal science , idk, ancient greek history, bullshit. Unless you privileged and white, no.”