In this episode of Da Collegiate Chronicle, I’m joined by Justice Lowe, an alumnus of Northern Kentucky University and someone I grew up with back in high school. He’s now based in Nashville, Tennessee, living out his creative dreams as a touring content director for rising country artist Gavin Adcock—after recently touring with Dustin Lynch and Blake Shelton.

We talk about choosing to persevere through instability over stability, navigating the pressure of changing majors from something “safe” to something that once felt like a fairytale, and learning how to stay grounded through uncertainty. From moments of self-doubt to personal breakthroughs, this conversation explores what it really means to keep going when the path isn’t linear.

Because growth lives in the balance—somewhere between the lows that test you and the highs that remind you why you started.