Chapter 16

After the greetings and introductions we're done, the counsellor had gone ahead to tell her some stories that made her eyes widen. She learnt from them and that was where she took the approach she used with her son.

"George is 32 years old. He’s never held a job for more than a few months. He’s broken multiple leases, which his parents had to pay for as co-signers.

George has been living at home for the past few years because he can’t find a job. Part of the problem is that he won’t leave the house to put in any job applications.

He looks online sometimes but never follows through by calling a potential employer.He sleeps until the early afternoon, lays on the couch, eats his parents’ food, and smokes cigarettes and marijuana all day.

George gets his parents ATM to spit out money by using their hope that he would get better. He says he needs gas money to get to a job interview that never materializes into employment.

He always has an opportunity that’s about to pan out—a get-rich-quic