The Mediocre.

99.9 percent of Americans grew up thinking they were special. Schools K-12 told students that anything was possible and that all was within their reach. In post education, still riding that high, many kids enrolled in courses that would never attain them financial stability. Psychology, Anthropology, History, Geology, and Art. When they left there was no demand.

Enter the age of mediocrity. And believe it or not, the powers that be are just fine keeping these kids there. In the state of flux. For the mediocre are the pawns that keep the economy rolling. The debt culture is the perfect habitat for the species to dwell.

I am mediocre. I work nine to five, pay my bills on time, and have nothing to show for it. I have ideas, hopes, and dreams because I am a human being. I know risk comes with change, but the logic of risking it all fails. Because what is left is all I got. And if I lost all I got, I am no more. Or am I?