Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay

Episode 52 — Shifting From Living A Life Of Default — with Andrew Taylor

March 09, 2021 Joanna Lilley, MA, NCC Season 1 Episode 52
Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay
Episode 52 — Shifting From Living A Life Of Default — with Andrew Taylor
Show Notes

Gone are the days where someone has to get a job immediately after college and work that career for 30+ years. Many young people hold onto this idea that they need to stay in college because it’s what they are told they need to do. Success and failure are temporary, so just go do the thing.

Andrew Taylor, Founder and Executive Director of Pure Life Adventure, once found himself back and forth between the default life. One school trip in Venezuela brought him to the world of outdoors. What he then thought was going to just be this fun summer job, became a huge passion and that’s when he caught the vision that college wasn't everything and that it was actually getting in the way of where he felt called to be. Andrew now finds himself running Pure Life Adventure, a Wilderness Adventure Therapy program in Costa Rica for young adults struggling with depression, anxiety, and substance abuse.

On this episode of Success is Subjective, Andrew joins Joanna to share his journey going from living by default because he didn’t know any better, to flying to Costa Rica one random day in 2004 to live out what he felt called to do. The pauses he put on college and leaps of faith Andrew has taken throughout his years are what led him to where he is today, and he couldn’t be happier. Listen in for insight on how Andrew now helps support and challenge young adults, giving them the advice he once needed in college. No poor, default advice.

What You Will Learn
How Andrew navigated being involved with college while still living in his hometown
Academic Advisors giving advice
Demystifying what it means to be a Peter Pan

Connect with Andrew Taylor
https://andrewtaylor.io/
In The Trenches Podcast 
Pure Life Adventure in Costa Rica
Andrew Taylor at Pure Life Adventure
Email info@purelifeadventure.com
Call 801-896-9490 
Octagon Mentoring in Salt Lake City

References
In The Trenches podcast EP36 - Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from Late Teens Through 20's with Jeff Arnet, the author of Emerging Adulthood book, How to Raise An Adult
Andrew’s interview with Ethan Knight, founder of the Gap Year Association
In The Trenches podcast EP33 - The Young Adult College Experience and Common Mistakes Made In the Process with Joanna Lilley

Connect with Joanna Lilley  
Lilley Consulting
Lilley Consulting on Instagram 
Lilley Consulting on Facebook
Sponsored by: www.ParentTrainers.com
Email joanna@lilleyconsulting.com