By 1, I still hadn’t talked
By 2, I couldn’t shut up
By 3, I saw my parents get divorced
By 4, I started singing
By 5, I moved to Mississippi with my mom
By 6, I was traveling every other weekend 5 hours to see my dad
By 7, I tried out for & quit t-ball
By 8, I tried & gave up guitar
By 9, I was taking singing lessons
By 10, I lost my grandfather - my 1st death. My grandmother moved in with us
By 11, I was sexually assaulted
By 12, I realized I was gay
By 13, I found community theatre
By 14, I had my 1st girlfriend
By 15, I lost my brother to suicide
By 16, I was sexually assaulted & coerced a handful of times
By 17, I had coerced others
By 18, I came out to my family
By 19, I lost my mom to cancer
By 20, I lost my grandmother to cancer. 2 weeks later, I lost my sister to a drug overdose
By 21, I had spoken to national news outlets after football players heckled our play
By 22, I moved to NYC with $5,000
By 23, I was working 24/7 building a company from the ground up, leading to a nervous breakdown
By 24, I was regularly seeing a therapist & working through my trauma for the 1st time
By 25, I finally fell in love with NYC
By 26, I was laid off due to an acquisition
By 27, I was running HR for the best company & was happier than I had ever been
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