I've just realized that I represent a terrible option for anyone seeking to invest time or money into a person. I had a full scholarship for my undergrad degree and I'm not working in anything remotely close to that field anymore. If they were hoping I'd become a famous alum and direct people into their program, whoops! Terrible waste of scholarship money there.
I also realize that I've been given a "second chance" since recovering from a potentially grave illness a few years ago. For the sake of my investment analogy, lets put it in banker language and call that second chance "borrowed time". What have I done since then? I have to admit that many measures of my output or productivity or value as a person have taken a real nosedive since then. After such a loan, wouldn't you expect me to get cracking on paying it back with interest? To get to work cramming more experiences and accomplishments into that borrowed time than would normally fit there?
I don't like this analysis, but I think it's accurate. I represent a terrible investment.
Maybe new management could turn this around.