As long as I can remember, I dedicated my life to the arts. I didn’t know it for a long time. I called it something else. But I was writing books and plays and harmonica songs as a toddler. I was planning backyard wrestling events and making videos and promoting live events for it in middle school. I dedicated my whole high school life to my band. And I’m the guy who kept doing it all as an adult. I never stopped. I never quit. I never will.

I haven’t written in a while. Not that I was doing it very regularly to begin with. Usually, to write something down and put it out there, I’d need the stars to align, so to speak. I have to feel inspired to say something about a certain topic. I have to feel motivated in the moment to write. And I have to also have freedom in that moment (no work, other projects to attend to, work shifts, etc) to knock it out before the aforementioned motivation runs dry. Usually, this all h

2022 wasn't an easy year for me. It's one of those 'before-and-after' years. I made some irreversible decisions that I’ll carry for the...