Jen Atkin
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I mean, it is now, but back then it was fun.
Yeah.
They were like, I think they were also really proud of me.
I've always had, I'm similar to you.
Like our dads were very similar and like we had to sign contracts very young.
I always joke.
I was like paying a mortgage by the time I was 12.
Like I always had a job.
I always had a purpose.
I was always taught that, you know,
the world didn't owe me anything that I needed to work for the things that I really wanted.
And I hated my parents for that at times because like, I didn't get the cute cars that my friends got.
And, you know, it was hard in high school, but as an adult, like I'm so grateful for it.
I also think like, don't you think you've been working forever?
Like I have been working since I was 16, 15.
But it teaches you so much.
So much.
And I felt like adulthood didn't shock me.
I didn't feel like, yeah, I felt like, oh, this is just my next step.
This is my next purpose.