My story, their words
"With the thoughts of a grueling second semester still fresh in my mind, I told my dad what I just told you. I told him I missed my girlfriend, too. And that I missed my family, and wanted a break, and just didn’t want to do this anymore."
I'll admit it, I cracked.
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In the parking lot of a CVS, I'd seemingly made up my mind that USA TODAY was the last stop in what I thought was going to be my career just two years prior. It seemed that there were simply too many aspects of the profession that I didn't want in my life.
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In hindsight, I wasn't in the right place mentally to make that decision for good.
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But I wanted to get an idea if professionals in the field ever felt the same thing. And really, I wanted to know if wanting to quit meant I'd inevitably fail anyway.
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With all this in mind, I sat down to interview James and Mark.