My work got slammed with work in early November, so from then until now I was working a ton of hours, which prevented me from being able to really dedicate any time to the podcast.
One of my lifelong dreams was to become a writer. My imagination has got to be my greatest asset, I'm constantly creating new stories, new characters, and gaining more inspiration. Sitting down and actually starting to put all those pieces together, though, has been something I haven't been able to do in a long while. I always told myself that once Dani finished college with her bachelor's, that I would then head back into school to pursue something that would truly make me happy. Yet I found myself content, pretending that the factory life was what I needed to do. The pay is decent, not great but we can live off of it without much trouble, but there comes a point where I couldn't pretend anymore.
It's the easy path to take, sure, but someday I would wake up, maybe when I'm 40 or 50 or whatever, and look back and wonder if I could have been more. By that time it would probably be too late to turn the ship around. So long story short, I dropped myself down to part time so that I could get myself back into school, which if everything works out I'll be able to start in May. That also gives me more time to dedicate to my family and you guys - listeners of the podcast and readers of this blog.
Here's to the future R'Jay, who can hopefully look back on himself one day and know that no matter where he ended up, he never gave up on chasing his dream.
-R'Jay