The chapter reflects on the speaker's struggles after graduating with a political science degree, working for a politician, and realizing they were not passionate about the field despite receiving a full scholarship and support from mentors.
Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king. He is also the New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, a coming of age memoir recounting his early years in Boston, an ongoing search for forgiveness, and a more expansive definition of family and self.