I still remember sitting in that Melbourne warehouse, surrounded by boxes of TVs, wondering how the hell I'd ended up there. Four years of psychology education, and here I was, moving electronics from one shelf to another. Every muscle ached, my pride was thoroughly bruised, and I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd somehow failed at life. But looking back now? That miserable job was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
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