Time to wake up

It's a Wednesday Morning, and even after 4 hours of being awake I have an unsettled feeling in my gut. The feeling where even though I'm positive I have my banking password down in my head, every time I enter it, its incorrect. There's a time in life when the adult side clicks. Does that mean there's no more time to enjoy ourselves and be childish? Certainly not. However, the way we approach the responsibility is different in comparison to being a copious teenager. In my experience, the grind of high school seemed like a simulation, not a great impact to my real life. In college however, that significantly changed, and thousands of dollars into my education and I'm realizing more and more its not just the information I learn in the classroom, its how I internalize those skills and make them apart of my everyday life as a lure for future opportunities. 

Accounting is a field that I've been around all my life, my father's gone to amazing places after switching to engineering at Uconn. His natural abilities as an engineer fit perfectly into the analytic and plan based skills needed in accounting. But even from there, his life went forward in ways he had no idea about. He got an offer from the Big 6 (Now Big 4) and even though he had been promoted several times at his small firm, he took the job to his coworkers frustration. While working at his new job, he worked with someone who had connections overseas in the Carribean, making more money in his spare time than he would if he had worked for seven years in his original job. My dad eventually started working in the Caribbean full time. They made a partnership firm and my Dad was the general manager of a hotel in Anguilla named Cap Juluca. He retired at 35 for a bit, before meeting my mom and having a family.
The incredible thing about my Dad is he always give the most realistic advice in the world. He doesn't fluff things up like other parents might, maxims like," You can do anything you want! You can go anywhere you set your heart to be" His advice is more along the lines of," You need to find something that will let you survive." His explanations about taxes and expenses have made me think deeply about the financial discrepancies we face here in America. 

Growing up is about being able to face the facts of what our world is facing, that the environment is in danger, that human trafficking is one of the largest institutions connected to pornography, that animal poaching is out of control and many animals are getting closer to being on the books, that the largest living reef is in dire condition. I get so nervous reading about these issues and wonder how can I do anything about it if I don't have the skills necessary to access these issues and find the solutions? 

Our generation is going to have one of the biggest burdens to bear when it comes to be our time. We need people to wake up and stop smelling the roses, we need to save the roses.