(Updated 11/26/2023)

Where I am in life has offered me an opportunity to do things that would not have been possible the way they are now. Things like this blog. It has given me the rare chance to have made it continue for, as of this passed Wednesday, seven months.

It doesn’t mean I’ve been lazy with my pursuits to escape, but being here has had benefits that lean into talking about a life others can’t or won’t discuss.

One way I’ve thought of it is that everything I’ve learned and still learning is preparing me for experiences that are yet to come. Ones that will make these experiences worth their memories. “Lessons over anchors,” as I’ve said repeatedly through this blog’s time.

As one friend put it towards me, “sometimes you have to live with the demons to form proper weapons.” As an add-on, I think of a fictional character that states “I don’t need weapons. I AM the weapon!”

To me, both can co-exist well.

D.F.