Sometimes It’s Better Not to Listen to “Good Advice” (especially if it regards your own future)

It’s better to blaze your own trail than to follow the crowd.

When I was in Mrs. Watson’s Seventh Grade English we had an assignment where we were told to write a story about someone making a mistake that changed their lives. I wrote my story about a young girl who accidently called a pop culture star and it changed her life forever. No one believed her until they realized that what she…