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

Episode 88 — It May Pay the Bills But Does it Fill You Up? —with Cassidy Brown

September 15, 2021 Joanna Lilley, MA, NCC Season 1 Episode 88
Success is Subjective: Helping parents of college students accept that dropping out is okay
Episode 88 — It May Pay the Bills But Does it Fill You Up? —with Cassidy Brown
Show Notes

At the end of the day, you have to live with yourself. If you don’t choose to prioritize what fills you up instead of focusing on what everyone else has to say, you’ll reap those outcomes and have to live with them —those people won’t.  

Cassidy Brown has learned from their young adult years to not settle for anything less than what lights them up. From studying Recreation, Parks and Tourism Resources, traveling to Australia to be an outdoor education instructor, and recently quitting their job to pursue working at the fire department in Melbourne, Australia. Cassidy is an example that you don’t have to be miserable to make a living.

On this episode of Success is Subjective, Cassidy joins Joanna to share their experience going from working to become a doctor since they were a kid, to going onto work in a completely different field in outdoor recreation. Cassidy’s story shows how opening up to new experiences can open you up to a whole new world of passions and excitement. Listen in for Cassidy’s insight on the importance of taking a chance on pursuing what makes you happy, no matter what it takes. Whether that’s becoming a doctor or freelancing, or even becoming a firefighter!

What You Will Learn

  • The heavy pressure to do well in school
  • Wanting to be a doctor from an early age 
  • The outdoor orientation program that changed Cassidy’s mind about their career
  • Being opened up to the world of outdoor recreation
  • The hard work Cassidy put into making her career work for themself out of excitement and passion
  • Traveling to Australia after college to work as an outdoor education instructor
  • Recognizing when something isn’t right for you and when to move on 
  • How Cassidy is navigating being in a career transition period
  • Pick a direction, not a destination
  • If you want something bad enough you can definitely make it happen

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