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Reply to "Competitive academics - what to tell the smart, hard-working kid who isn't "the best""
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[quote=Anonymous]I was a competitive kid, top schools and all that. In academics you keep getting into bigger and bigger ponds. You may have been the valedictorian and your high school but so was half your classmates at your class. I graduated at the top of my class from law school and just kept chasing the next prestige level. Then I realized that it was making me totally miserable. I took a government job with good work/life balance and I get to spend time with my husband and kid and have a life outside of work and I'm so much happier than I was working crazy long hours to chase the next goal. I don't mean I've given up entirely, I'm still very proud of the work I do, it's just not as intense. People in my same job went to Ivy league schools and state schools and no one cares. So my advice is instead of obsessing over being the best, work on building a balanced life.[/quote]
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