08/12/2026
As a mom looking back, here’s what I’d tell my high school self about my life.
Looking back at high school and college, I put so much pressure on myself to earn the A’s, be top 10%, do all the extracurriculars, get into the right school. I was grinding. And I was struggling. I probably had some kind of learning disorder or processing issue. Who really knows. But I was working twice as hard for the same results and still felt like it wasn’t good enough.
Here’s what I know now: None of that stuff mattered.
No one cares what your GPA was. No one cares where you went to school or what your degree was in. No one cares if you were captain of the (fill in the blank) team or had a resume built by age 16.
I succeeded in both worlds (Corporate and Entrepreneurship), and I was far from the girl earning the A+’s. Now I understand something I didn’t back then.
Here’s what actually mattered:
🤓A B- GPA. The A+ student sees all the reasons it won’t work. The B- student is naive enough to try anyway.
🥳Vibes. Real social skills. The ability to make anyone feel seen. Rose-colored glasses. LFG energy that’s contagious. People work with you because of how you make them feel.
😎Delusion. Total belief that it will all work out phenomenally. Faith in yourself before you’ve proven anything. Knowing that you have earned your PhD in Figureoutability!
In honor of back to school season: What would you tell your younger self? Drop it in the comments. I want to hear what you know now looking back.
