I was ambitious and trusting in myself, J believed that if I worked hard, I could be the best at anything I wanted to be. Society and media was where I absorbed all of this empowering wisdom. Ad campaigns, commercials, and billboards from large corporate companies using celebrities. Athletes and musicians embraced the "self made," life trend. We're taught that if we worked hard and if we put out mind to it, we can achieve our dreams. But even before I starred dreaming. things started to go down hill. I had torn my ACL and at the time, I didn't know whether to get surgery or nor because I hadn't yet left my job and insurance would've helped a whole lot.