The Game of choice.

Well, here we are it's almost the end of the year, and it's time to play that game of life where you have to choose where you're going, or you'll just end up being another failure in this existence. So, I basically have three options:

Choice 1 : Take a year off.

Choice 2 : Start professional training

Choice 3 : Go to college

Take a year off.

So, you decide to take a year off, and you realize it’s not easy for a high schooler to enjoy life — you’ve got no money to really go anywhere, and your parents are angry that you didn’t go straight to college after graduating. To make the most of your time, you have two options:

Choice 1 : Get a dead-end job so you can pay for your own vacation

Choice 2 : Freeload off your parents so they cover your vacation expenses

Start professional training.

So, you choose professional training — maybe you're tired of hearing that college isn’t for everyone, or maybe you're ready to learn something hands-on and jump into the workforce faster. now you have to choice between barber and styling or the kitchen arts so you will not need any help to cooking. So what will it be:

Choice 1 : Barbers and stylist

Choice 2 : The Art of cooking in the kitchen

Go to college.

You decide to follow the traditional route: college. Welcome to a world of overpriced textbooks, instant noodles, all-nighters, and trying to figure out what a "credit hour" actually is. but you still have not decided where you went to go, between Montmorency that is miles away from where you live but all your friends a their so you won't have to have to be alone or go to Rosemont where it's 20 minutes to your house.

Choice 1 : Montmorency

Choice 2 : Rosemont

Get a dead-end job so you can pay for your own vacation.

You take a job at a greasy fast-food place. It’s boring, exhausting, and your manager never smiles. But you tough it out. Day by day, your bank account grows. After nine months, you’ve saved enough for a vacation. You book a trip with your friends, breathe fresh mountain air, and realize — maybe you're not so lost after all. You return home with a clearer mind, some self-respect, and a sunburn. Now, a full year has passed. It’s time to think about the future. The two options that have been waiting for you since the beginning are still there:

Choice 1 : Start professional training

Choice 2 : Go to college

Freeload off your parents so they cover your vacation expenses.

Well, well, well… your parents did pay for your first trip, but when you got back, the looks had changed. They said, “Well now, you didn’t really think we were cool with your life choices, did you?” Now you’re the master of your own decisions — free to go wherever you want. Problem is, you no longer have a place to live. So, you decide to live on the street like a drifter, before eventually landing a dead-end job.

Choice 1 : The end

Barbers and stylist.

You pick up the clippers and enter the world of fades, fades, and more fades. At first, it’s a little awkward — cutting someone’s hair is way more stressful than you thought. But soon, you start to love the craft. You learn how to shape hair, start building confidence, and maybe even make a few clients feel like royalty. Eventually, you’re faced with a career choice:

Choice 1 : Open your own barbershop and be your own boss.

Choice 2 : Work in a trendy salon downtown and focus on high-end clients.

The Art of cooking in the kitchen.

You dive into the culinary world — knives, flames, sauces, and burnt fingers. The first few weeks are tough: you mess up a few risottos, and your chef-instructor yells a lot. But you keep going, and something clicks. Cooking becomes a rhythm, a kind of art. You start to enjoy the adrenaline of the kitchen and the pride of creating something people love. Now it’s time to make a choice:

Choice 1 : Apply for a job in a fine-dining restaurant.

Choice 2 : Start a food truck and share your cooking with the world on your own terms.

Montmorency.

You chose Montmorency. It’s far, but your best friends are there even when you didn't get into the program you wanted. At first You try to move in with roommates near campus but their was nothing and your parents say it was to expensive. So every day for the pass 10 months you been waking up at 6 to get to class at 8 and finish by 4 and sometimes 8. you are very exhausted and you can't handles it after two sessions.

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Rosemont.

Congratulations! You’ve been accepted into Computer Sciences — one of the most in-demand and challenging programs out there. The first semester hits hard: algorithms, data structures, logic, and endless lines of code. At first, everything feels like another language (because it is), but slowly, you start to see the patterns. You start making some big decisions:

Choice 1 : Dive deep into coding, aiming for an internship at a top tech company. You want success and you’re willing to grind hard for it.

Choice 2 : Start building your own app or indie game on the side — you want to innovate, not just follow the rules.

Dive deep into coding, aiming for an internship at a top tech company. You want success and you’re willing to grind hard for it.

You decide to go all-in on the academic grind. You join coding bootcamps, attend networking events, and take on late-night freelance gigs just to pad your portfolio. Eventually, your hard work pays off — you land an internship at a major tech company. The office is sleek, the pay is decent, and you're finally living that "coder dream"… kind of. But soon, the pressure ramps up: Deadlines. Burnout. Meetings. Bugs. Impostor syndrome. Now you're faced with a choice:

Choice 1 : Stick it out — the connections and money are worth the mental toll.

Choice 2 : Walk away after your internship and pursue something more balanced and creative.

Start building your own app or indie game on the side — you want to innovate, not just follow the rules.

You decide to build your own thing. Maybe it’s an app to help people study smarter, or a game with an AI twist. You spend months coding, debugging, and Googling error messages until 2 a.m. You pitch your idea at local hackathons, and — surprise — a small investor notices. But now comes the hard part: Running a business while being a full-time student is chaotic. You're at a crossroads:

Choice 1 : Drop out and go full-time with your startup.

Choice 2 : Keep it as a side hustle and finish your degree.

Stick it out — the connections and money are worth the mental toll. .

You stuck it out in the corporate world. Years later, you’re financially stable, have a condo in the city, and work on cutting-edge AI projects. But something feels off — like you traded your passion for predictable paychecks. Your work matters, but it’s not yours. You're respected, but not known. Ending: You won the game by society’s rules — but you sometimes wonder if you played your game at all.

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Walk away after your internship and pursue something more balanced and creative.

You left the corporate world and started freelancing, teaching online, and making tools you believe in. You make less money, but you wake up with excitement instead of dread. You live simply, code passionately, and inspire others. Ending: You didn’t climb the ladder — you built your own path. You are free.

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Drop out and go full-time with your startup.

You dropped out to chase your startup dream. It was wild: pitching investors, sleepless nights, media buzz. For a year, you felt unstoppable… until the market shifted, your funding dried up, and the business failed. You lose time, money, and confidence — but you gain resilience, connections, and experience no classroom could teach. Ending: You failed fast, but fell forward. And now, your next project won’t be a gamble — it’ll be a move.

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Keep it as a side hustle and finish your degree.

You kept your studies steady while growing your startup on the side. It wasn’t easy — you sacrificed sleep, missed parties, and pushed through burnout. But by the time you graduate, your project is profitable, and you're ready to expand — with both a diploma and a startup to your name.

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