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      <image:caption>Plot twist: I went to college.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - Don’t Go to College or Buy a House… If You Want Freedom &amp;amp; Money - I recently took a walk around a university campus and found myself wondering: Why are so many people still automatically going to college?</image:title>
      <image:caption>There are careers that absolutely require degrees. But there are also skills we can learn online, through certifications, apprenticeships, entry-level jobs, mentors, or simply by doing the work.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - Don’t Go to College or Buy a House… If You Want Freedom &amp;amp; Money - Then there's the house. “Buy a house.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>It's another piece of advice we're given almost automatically. And homeownership can absolutely be a wonderful decision. You can put down roots, create stability, build equity and eventually own an asset outright. But that doesn't mean it's right for everyone.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>What would happen if, instead of continually increasing our lifestyles as our incomes rise, we kept our expenses relatively low and invested the difference?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>And it isn't really about houses. It's about something much bigger: Who defined success for you?</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We're even told to research those things before interviewing for a job.</image:caption>
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