Asking an engineer how she overcame growing up broke What's something you had to build for yourself that nobody handed you? She grew up without much money, and turned that into becoming a successful engineer. A blueprint starts as nothing but lines on a page. She built her whole life the same way, one decision at a time, starting with nothing. A household without much money. Parents who couldn't give her everything. A future she had to build herself. So she studied instead of waited. Motivating herself when no one else could. Providing for herself what she couldn't get growing up. She became an engineer. A childhood shaped by what her family couldn't afford. Years of studying hard with no guarantee it would pay off. A version of success she had to define for herself. Gratitude isn't always a candle lit journal entry or a life that started easy. Sometimes it's looking back at where you started with nothing and refusing to take a single bit of how far you've come for granted. She kept going. Not because success came easy. Not because money stopped mattering. Just because she learned the journey means nothing without gratitude for it. Whether it's studying late for a degree in Cincinnati or working your way up at a first job in Pittsburgh, you can build a future for yourself anywhere in life. That's the gratitude Sarah was really talking about. Not a life that was handed to her, but a woman who built her own success from nothing and made sure to appreciate every step of getting there. What's something you're grateful for? Comment below #gratitude #engineer #selfmade #discipline #unitedstates - @kamrangratitude