Finding Purpose: From College Degrees to Doing What You Love

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A few years back, I did a livestream called “What’s the Point?”—a real-time unraveling of everything I’d been taught to chase: degrees, careers, titles. This post is the deeper dive I couldn’t quite articulate then. The kind where clarity only comes after years of frustration, self-doubt, and a little bit of rebellion.

Like a lot of people, I followed the blueprint. I went to college, got the degree, did the jobs. I checked all the boxes. And yet… nothing felt like mine. The more I worked, the more I felt like I was fading into a background I didn’t ask for.

People always say, “Find something you love and turn it into a career.” Cool. Sounds nice on a bumper sticker. But no one tells you how—especially when the things you love don’t come with a job description.

So here I am, trying to do what they never taught us: build something from scratch. From passion. From the parts of me that don’t make sense on a resume but feel the most like home.

I don’t have it all figured out. But I know I’m not the only one tired of pretending the traditional path is working. Maybe you’re here because you feel it too—that itch for something real. Something that matters. Something that feels like you.

That’s what Everything&Nothing is. It’s not a brand. It’s not a gimmick. It’s just me, chasing the spark before it dies out completely.

Real Talk: What I’m About

I love:

  • Video games

  • Movies and TV

  • Weed culture

  • Food

  • Travel

  • Comedy

  • And honest conversation about life when no one’s watching

And I'm figuring out how to make all of that part of the work I do—not just what I escape to after clocking out.

If you’re reading this and you’ve felt the same way, you’re not alone.
Drop a comment. Say what you’re passionate about. Let’s build something better—because the blueprint is broken, and we were never meant to be copies anyway.

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