“Mom, can I have a chat with you?”

“What now Alex?” she responded.

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”So, there’s this course that will teach me how to develop an AR app and all I need is 200 munits, and I promise this will change the course of both our lives and-”

”Shut up Alex! I don’t need to about all of your crazy ideas and endeavors. What you really need Alex, is to find yourself a job!”

”I know mom, but-”

”No but! You can’t keep living here until you’re a vegetable. I’ll die some day too, who’s going to take care of you then? You need to learn how to take care of yourself, you’re a grown man damn it!”

”Mom, listen-”

”NO! You listen! This is what we’re going to do Alex. You’re going to promise me to find a job in the next 3 months and I’ll give you the 200 munits you’re asking for. But if you don’t uphold your part of the deal, I can’t have you living here anymore. And I’ll keep Kobe too!”

”Okay mom… Okay then.” I said, knowing that I would never search for a job. What I really wanted to do, was being free of a manager telling me what to do. I’d had enough of that in school.

I bought the course, downloaded all the material and prepared for my life to change…

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