A few years ago, I met this really smart young lady who was studying to be a doctor. I want to say she was in her third year as a medical student and had gone through a great deal of time and effort building up her knowledge and was clearly on the path to success.
A couple of years later, close to around the time I was expecting her to graduate - I saw that same lady at a wedding, and my first question to her was ‘when can I legally call you ‘doctor’?’
Her response: ‘Ha ha…well, I actually dropped out of medical school.’
Me: ‘huh? Why? Is everything ok?
Her: ‘yeah, it was just too difficult. And the payoff wouldn’t have been that great.’
Me: ‘really? So what are you doing now?’
Her: We’re building this music app that…’ (this is where my mind tuned out)
Now…I’m a guy that is ALL for chasing your dreams. I’m a guy that LEFT 6 figure paychecks on Wall Street to go and work in a restaurant, remember? But for some reason, I had a hard time accepting what this girl was telling me…I was disappointed: it was obvious to me that this girl was talented and would have made an excellent doctor, but it sounded like the opportunity to make money from another music app was more enticing?
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And so comes the case of the sneaker blogger.
I clicked on this @sneakernews link expecting to find plenty of fodder for making a mockery of the fact that Nike and @kingjames are seriously and earnestly releasing a shoe to tell us all about how Lebron likes movies, but I got lost reading the actual article, written by Jovani Hernandez, because it was written like a fancy restaurant menu. I’ve often tried to write about sneakers and my descriptions come out lame and clunky, using the same 10 adjectives over and over and over again (as do most articles about sneakers). But this one was kind of elegant…Even though the subject matter is terribly bland.
I've got a handful of favorite writers in the sneaker space, but who are YOUR favorites? S/O to @nickengvall , @russbengtson and @peterverry