I’m becoming anti-internet and I hate it. For someone who love technology and all things digital, I'm over it, not because I hate the technology, or due to being nostalgic for some imaginary better time. But because I didn’t sign up for this job, and neither did you.

Remember my carefully crafted September curriculum I designed? That beautiful, color-coded roadmap to professional development that looked so perfectly reasonable on paper (or in this case notion, including lots of carefully curated images from Pinterest)? Well, plot twist - life had other plans. And honestly? Thank goodness it did.

Eight months ago, I decided to take my education into my own hands.

Since January 1st, I've completed 212 certificates across AI, ethics, business, education, basically following every thread that catches my interest and seeing where it leads. It's been messy, overwhelming, fascinating, and incredibly productive in ways I didn't expect.

Universities once stood as intellectual sanctuaries where minds could explore, connect, and transform. Today, many have devolved into credential factories, churning out degrees while the very essence of education crumbles beneath bureaucratic weight and market pressures. This shift hasn't gone unnoticed by students who increasingly seek learning beyond institutional walls. The question emerges: are we witnessing the end of traditional higher education, or its necessary evolution?