I've definitely made an impressive amount of mistakes. I decided to forgo post-secondary at some point after completing a few semesters at MACC and ended up staking everything on launching an independent magazine. It ended last fall when I found myself living out of an old Lincoln Continental parked at a Portland-area Walmart lol. I asked my mom to bail me out and ended up back home... Significantly more humble but also somewhere on a ₅ year decline in mental health.

I'm glad you're experiencing a time of positive transition at least! Cincinnati is so much more beautiful than people give it credit for! Especially if you love riverboats lol.

I'm definitely in a fairly-cliche return-to-origin sorta funk that's involved seeking people from childhood out, consciously or not. I just saw my 8th grade best friend for the first time in 10 years in St. Louis and it was pretty surreal. I dunno how to feel about it.