Maybe It Doesn't Have to Be So Difficult, With Georgia Barnett
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Curate the Future
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Georgia Barnett pursued her plan to become a biotech researcher, only to find she didn't like it. During her time off to figure things out, she mostly went in circles, trying to find a new path in science so that her previous efforts wouldn't be wasted. She says it all felt so hard because she was forcing something that wasn't right, and instead she decided to go for something that made her happy even though she didn't know what it was. So she launched a new direction without much of a plan (read: scary), and through following one step that led to another, she found herself in an unexpected career that she loves.
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