Hey friends, we're off on the fourth but wanted to share an episode of another slate show that we think you'll love.

It's from our colleagues at Howto.

They'll tell you the story of Leo, a high-achieving high school senior on the cusp of graduation.

He's always been pushed to attend four-year college and get a job, but Leo feels unfulfilled and

is curious what an alternative path might look like.

So this episode of Howto, Carvel Wallace is joined by Avi Falick,

founder of the Flight School, an organization dedicated to helping students and parents take control of their education and use

those gap years to find their own way.

We'll be back on Monday, but till then we hope you enjoyed this episode of How-To.

I think my biggest anxiety about taking Gapier was sort of just like

would it be a good use of my year? Would I feel like bored to no end, or would I get as much You know, when I was about 21 years old and in college, I went overseas to work for a theater company in the summer.

And when I got back to New York in the fall, it was time to register for classes in my senior year.

But I just didn't. It wasn't like I had a plan. I just kind of sat in my apartment as the

deadline for registration came and went I ended up spending a year working two jobs

One is a bike messenger one is a fundraiser for a social justice organization,

and just eked out of living in New York. It was a wild time, weird and exhausting. I had bike accidents, I got hit by taxis, I showed up to work at 6 a.m. I worked

14 hour days sometimes. When it was all over there was really one main thing I had learned. Life out here is hard. I learned that work is real and

college was actually a privilege and an opportunity and if I didn't want to spend the rest of my life

bleeding on the

pavement in Midtown Manhattan I'd better take advantage of my education.

But it's also hard to know that sometimes until you go through it.

And that was me, at age 21.

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