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Jon Santiago's avatar

I actually think your audience isn't just 20-somethings. There are plenty of 30-somethings and even early 40-somethings who probably have spent most of their lives with an itch to live a more non-traditional life. Their problem has been that they're just afraid of the consequences of walking away from the lives they've built thus far.

Will you also talk about how to handle moments when life isn't always perfect and the uncertainty around living this way can shake your confidence sometimes? If so, this book probably will also serve as a good reminder to those already living non-traditional lives that those feelings are normal and provide some ideas for how to handle that tension whenever it arises.

I recommend you connect with Paul Millerd, author of the Pathless Path and a new book called Good Work. I think there's some overlap there.

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Clarissa's avatar

Hi! I’m a 19-year-old who read Better Than College while I was a high schooler trying to figure out if college was a good fit for me or not. Reading your book and other materials like it made me realize that what I needed to do going forward was create an individualized, experiential learning plan that prioritized what’s actually important to my life.

I’m now a university student on a full-tuition scholarship that I’m using to study abroad and (hopefully) get a free master’s. I’m trying to take things one semester at a time, but I definitely wonder what will be next for me after I graduate. I’m looking for career paths that will allow me to be dirtbag rich in the future.

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