All the good things I have in my life right now are based on plans I made 10 years ago. A decade will pass quicker than you think. And you will pay a steep cost by not planning for that date.
The Black intellectual man is the most misread person in his own community. Too Black for white spaces. Too articulate for street credibility. Too thoughtful for the masculine archetype. He exists in a gap that nobody built infrastructure for and navigates it mostly alone.
I just learned that if you are neurodivergent the best way to get respect out of neurotypicals is by being aggressive and mean because they perceive those type of people as high value & kindness as low value. Where as neurodivergent ppl view kindness and empathy as high value and aggression as low value.
They'll celebrate your degree but not your business plan. Congratulate your promotion but not your investment portfolio. Society was designed to cheer for your compliance, not your freedom. Stop performing for the crowd. Build for the exit.