I’d honestly, have to say pretty much since consciousness.

Being an empath and a male is very difficult and challenging. You’re different than most men in the world and you feel it and you’re different than most people in general.

You feel what they feel and they get freaked out by it and they push you away. What’s worse is at the time there was no term for what this was and I just thought I was going nuts.

I’ve always wanted to fit in and be like everybody else, but I realized that it will never happen. So instead, I’ll happily be myself and those that want to be in my orbit will be nearby and the rest can be by the wayside.

I’m happy being me even if I am weird, different, odd, eccentric, gauche, etc. It’s taking me 52+ years to get to this point and I am not ever going backwards.

Ergo, being/feeling out of place is OK because some of us I’ve always been there. As always, thank you for reading…

-aaa

I was born in 1972, so I spent most of my life without technology, other than video games (Intellivision, Atari, ColecoVision, Apple IIe, and arcade games like Pac-Man), and some very, very low level computers at the time.

When I wrote poetry and prose, I wrote it on a spiral bound notebook. I’ve unfortunately lost those notebooks when I lost one of my two storage units years ago. I used the VCR and VHS tapes analog video and was happy to do so.

What limited technology we were forced to use our imagination imagination, and we went outside a lot. You’d find children playing outside a lot rather than on their phones are playing in their homes.

These days there are even grown adults that would rather play a virtual world game, than live in the real world. I find that to be very sad very sad indeed.

That being said my career of 28+ years has been all computer and technology related, including now. I work from home as a technical writer and obviously blog as well so it’s like two jobs. Without this technology, I guess I just could be a writer, a teacher, and a musician.

Very important to say, I do not regret starting up my life without technology and learning how to responsibly utilize it rather than let it take over my life like the younger generations do these days. I think they can do without it for a while too, and start using their heads again thinking for themselves for a change.

Social media and status has taken over so much of what people think are important and it really isn’t. It’s all just trivial BS.

Just my humble opinion, and as always, thank you for reading…

-aaa

I’d like to become fluent in at least 3 additional languages besides English.

I’m always trying to master new poetic forms and styles.

I think the top of my list would be a successful published writer. When I can master that then I’ve mastered everything.

As always, thank you for reading…

-aaa

It’d be very easy to go into all kinds of different things we need to pay attention to: our physical health, our mental health, gratitude, goals, maintenance, every day important things, and so many others.

But when you’re an over-thinker like I am, you really need to pay less attention to yourself and more to the beauty of the world around you.

Our society these days seems very self oriented and very narcissistic. You see it on the road, you see it in stores, you see it in the lines. People are very self oriented and selfish right now (in general).

I think we could do for a little less of that. Just a different perspective from me. As always, thank you for reading. 😊

-aaa

I have extensive technical writing to do tomorrow for my day job (technical writer) and of course, extensive creative for my blog as well.

Thank you for reading.

-aaa