I was wasting away psychologically during my time in engineering undergrad. I felt like I was underachieving, not really heading in any particular direction. Absolutely terrified at the realization that I really have no plan to take care of myself without my parents. Then, my father was officially diagnosed with Amyloidosis and it changed everything for me.

The intensity of watching my literal lifeline whither away sent something off in my mind and I found a large amount of myself. Everything my parents ever bothered to teach me about life began to make perfect sense is those moments as his life wound down. I even started to grow dreads as a sign to my father that I finally understood a lot of the lessons he tried to teach me and am remorseful for it taking his death to do so (he was a rasta dude.) I started working at friend's startup redistributing TurtleBots and trying to make turtlebot accessories, which didn't work out and I ended up working for a 3D printing company after. I live together in the home that he left behind with my partner and do everything I can to keep what he worked for alive.

I can't describe the whirlwind of people, moments, and places that have transpired since that moment, but I've learned (and experienced) so much in the past 3 years. Life will never be the same.