article_snippet: I cried all the way to school the first day
article_snippet: 'cause I was like, "What have I done?
article_snippet: And at least three solid times in that first quarter, I was like, "I'm quitting.
article_snippet: I give credit, at least in that first quarter, to one of my instructors who's now on the board of The Lift, who kept saying, "I know that you have a good vision here, and I'm going to help you get through this.
article_snippet: Because you have all the pieces and for some reason, something is not working, and it's like, "What is it?
article_snippet: At the end of the day, you can feel really good because you can look back and be like,