Graduate from high school. Enroll into a four year program at an accredited college. Graduate College. Get a job offer. Find and marry a significant other. Make babies. Retire. Die. Our lives have become so structured. Society tells us if we don’t graduate from high school, we’re failures. Society tells us that if we don’t go to college, we’re failures. Society tells us if we don’t have a well-paying job and a successful career, we’re again failures. If we don’t follow our societal norms, we’re looked down upon. Why? Just because we’re not doing what everyone is doing? That’s some bullshit, if you ask me.

We go to high school. Take all the AP and honors classes possible. Participate in every single extra-curricular activity possible. Volunteer whenever we have a free weekend. Study our asses off for an exam (the ACT!) that apparently determines our level of intelligence and whether…