A Prison of My Own Ambition

Matthew B. Johnson
South of Certainty
Published in
8 min readOct 3, 2021

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Shoot for the stars.

Dream big.

Go boldly in the direction of your dreams.

These and countless other quotes and sayings get hammered into us at such an early age, we don’t bother asking why we should heed their advice. And from the first time we get any sort of grade or evaluation in Kindergarten (or sometimes as early as preschool), we’re told we need to achieve.

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Matthew B. Johnson
South of Certainty

I’m a Sacramento-based writer, English professor, track coach, C-5 incomplete quadriplegic, diehard 49ers fan, comic book geek, and lover of all things coffee.