• After going to grad school and starting my own business, I realized I had "made it." • I'm the first in my family to do either, so I often feel guilty. • I'm trying to let that guilt go and break the cycle.

I was lying under a cabana in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, working on my computer. My two children were playing in the sand 10 feet away from me. It was at that moment that I realized that I had "made it."

An overwhelming sense of pride swelled inside me, but almost immediately, it was followed by guilt. I was proud of everything that I had accomplished, but I felt guilty about surpassing my family.

Being the first in anything is a huge accomplishment, but it comes with responsibilities that are often invisible. I'm trying to move past these difficult feelings.

My education and e

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