Name: 【TEDx】Live free: Ashley Ramirez at TEDxHuntsville
Uploaded: 2014-06-14T17:38:20.000Z
Duration: 11 min 39 s
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We have the freedom of speech, freedom of religion,

but is that all that really exists to living free?

For me, it's not. There's a whole lot more to it.

It means living your life pursuing your passion.

It means living a life that makes you truly happy,

I think that a lot of us aren't living free.

get in the way of pursuing our dreams and our happiness.

to be pushed into the lifestyle of living free.

And I want to share with you today the story

of how I was able to break down internal boundaries

and build connections with people who supported me

and I've just successfully defended my Ph.D. in chemistry,

at Duke University to a roomful of people.

As you can imagine I was pretty much on cloud nine then.

a few tears along the way, were finally over.

And not only were they over, but I was proud.

I was proud of the work that I had completed,

which is becoming more and more  rare these days

but that's another topic for another day.

I was going to be pursuing what I thought was my dream

and my husband, Taylor,  was able to find a new job,

here in Huntsville,  with a financial institution.

in our little rental house here in Huntsville.

Now it's Friday, and I'm set to start work

"We're sorry, your start date has been delayed.

In our short amount of time here in Huntsville,

and we thought that we could really enjoy it here

until I figured out  what I was going to do.

the house was clean, dinner was on the table every night.

It was very different from graduate school life.

I enjoyed relaxing -- for about two weeks.

I needed to be happy, and I needed to be free.

Now, if you ask any of our friends back in North Carolina

to ever launch out  and start my own business,

they would laugh, probably pretty hysterically.

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