Austin's Fatal Truth

  It's been awhile since the last time I really sat down and shared exactly where I'm at in life . Lately, I've just felt so disconnected, with time seemingly slipping away quicker and quicker. Maybe now is the perfect time to slow down just a long enough to catch my breath, formulate a somewhat reflective thought, and attempt to reconnect...

"The Canary" The Canary Who built her own cage around her Built it so strong Propped and polished  Until it became her home The Canary Who built her own cage around her Sang in her cage Precise and proud Until it became her prison The Canary Who built her own cage around her Remembered beyond it Far and infeasible Until it became her escape The Canary Opened her sunshine wings and soared Until gone was the cage that confined her

Man, life has been a rollercoaster in 2020. So much of our world has changed, seemingly never to really return to the way things used to be. As a regular working stiff, I wanted to weigh in on where I'm at through all of this and how COVID-19 has impacted my world lense.

I've openly regarded the last calendar year of my life as possibly the worst that I've faced. Twenty-five saw more time spent away from close family, the fizzling of a long-lasting relationship, loss, grief, and overall uncertainty. In a word, I'd say twenty-five just plain sucked. Though, that doesn't mean I stopped learning. In fact, I believe I learned more from April 2019 to April 2020 than I have since college! Here's twenty-six being bigger and better than the last! 

Six months ago, I would have laughed if you told me by mid 2018, I'd give up virtually everything for a job in Orlando, Florida. No way. I have always wanted to move out of Syracuse. That was one thing. I'd classify moving over one-thousand miles from friends and friends away as something completely different. The story of getting down here, bad news. Though, good news is, I'm not questioning myself on a daily basis... All the time.