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TAKING A CHANCE...

SO I DECIDED TO TAKE A CHANCE ON WRITING, LITTLE BACK STORY OF WHY I ALWAYS FELT CONNECTED TO WRITING PROBABLY COMES FROM BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE HAD TO TAKE THOSE MID-TERM EXAMS AS KIDS OUT IN JERSEY. MOST OF THE TEST WOULD BE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS YOU KNOW CIRCLE A,B,C OR D OR SOME SHIT LIKE THAT, ANYWAY AT THE END OF THE TEST THERE WOULD BE A PICTURE AND WITH THAT PICTURE YOU WOULD HAVE TO WRITE A 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY AND CREATE A WHOLE STORY JUST USING THAT PICTURE, NOW ME, SCHOOL WASN'T REALLY MY THING, I DID THE BARE MINIMUM TO PASS MY CLASSES JUST TO SATISFY MOM DUKES AND MY STEPOPS BECAUSE SCHOOL WAS BORING, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAYS BEING ABLE TO CREATE OR NARRATE A STORY WAS SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME NATURAL, BUT WHERE I GREW UP YOU KEPT SHIT TO YOURSELF, YOU MINDED YOUR BUSINESS AND YOU END UP INVOLVING YOURSELF IN OTHER THINGS THAT ULTIMATELY HAD ME SHY AWAY FROM WRITING ALTHOUGH IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NATURAL. BACK IN 2015 I WAS AN INTERN BLOGGER FOR NY RADIO STATION BLOG SITE "IN FLEX WE TRUST" IT WAS COOL I ENJOYED IT, ALSO WENT TO COLLEGE FOR 2 SEMESTERS (I WAS INSPIRED BY MY FRIENDS TO JUST TRY COLLEGE) AND MY FIRST YEAR PASSED MY FINAL IN THE TOP 5% OF STUDENTS THAT YEAR AND GOT ACCEPTED INTO ENGLISH HONORS 2, BUT AGAIN SCHOOL JUST WASN'T MY THING AND THERE WERE REAL LIFE THINGS HAPPENING AT THE TIME THAT JUST TOOK AWAY FROM MY OVERALL CONCENTRATION. 


POINT IS, NOW AS A GROWN MAN I SEE WRITING AS A FORM OF THERAPY, SOMETIMES SPEAKING ISN'T ALWAYS NECESSARY WHEN YOU GOT THE ABILITY TO ARTICULATE YOURSELF COMFORTABLY THROUGH WRITING, ALSO I'M A INTROVERTED PERSON WITH A SMALL GROUP OF FRIENDS (PURPOSELY) BECAUSE LOYALTY I DON'T HAVE TO QUESTION IS WORTH FAR MORE THEN BEING LIKED OR ACCEPTED OR FEELING THE NEED OF POPULARITY TO BE WITHIN MY CLOSE CORE OF PEOPLE I WANT AROUND. 

SO I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE BUT IF YOU READ THIS MUCH AND GOT THIS FAR WITHOUT CLICKING HOME THEN I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO READ WHAT I HAD TO WRITE, BUT I'D APPRECIATE YOU EVEN MORE IF YOU SUBSCRIBED TO MY BLOG THAT I JUST CREATED, ALL YOU NEED IS AN EMAIL, AND ITS FREE, AND WHO DOESN'T LOVE FREE SHIT ESPECIALLY IN TIMES LIKE THIS. 

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LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FEEDBACK FROM ALL WHO TAKE INTEREST, TO ALL THANK YOU
LOVE. 


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