06/23/2026
Plot twist: I planned for two degrees and accidentally graduated with three. 👨🎓
I always knew I was getting my bachelor's and my Associate of Applied Science. That AAS? I knocked it out in ONE year. Seven classes a semester, plus mini-terms over Christmas and summer. It was brutal.
What I did not know: I stacked so many credits chasing the bachelor's that the college also handed me an Associate of Arts, Magna Cum Laude. Did not find out until the diploma hit my mailbox this week.
Final tally: Bachelor's (Summa Cum Laude), Associate of Arts (Magna Cum Laude), Associate of Applied Science (Cum Laude), three certificates, and President's List more semesters than I can count. Done in 3 years. While starting KBM Builders, launching JK Productions, and getting married.
Real talk: do you need a degree to run a company? No. I will say that out loud. But finishing what you start, at the highest standard you can hold, never stops mattering. That is the whole game.
Comment BLUEPRINT and I will send you the full story of how I built a company and stacked degrees at the same time without dropping either one.