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When collective support creates obligation rather than freedom

My community raised money for me to go to college but now I feel trapped in a career I hate because leaving would mean wasting their investment in me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Generosity intended to expand possibilities can become a prison when gratitude transforms into debt and authentic choice disappears.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous approaches to wealth and sharing?”

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