What was your favorite subject in school?

I loved history in high school & college. In college I studied English & I loved it. I feel that us as humans really repeat history in a way that isn’t healthy.

It’s as if we “forget” what transpired before. It’s really sad that we forget our behavior so easily. Including what happens politically & militarily.

Things are shifting faster in society because of interwebs & instant stories like TikTok & Snapchat. We’re moving faster & we forget what has happened before now.

We need to focus on the now & repair our current future before it’s too late to save the now.

What will your life be like in three years?

I thought I’d be somewhere much different in 3 years but after being diagnosed with a heart condition I have to re-think what I want to do.

It has made me look at my life much differently & what I want to accomplish. Being put in this position now is making me want to do things I thought I wouldn’t.

For the first time since moving to Norway I’m now in the risk group for COVID. Something that really bothers me as I’m not even 50 years old yet.

Mentally I feel clear headed & positive but when the exhaustion kicks in I remember what’s going on I get sad. So I’m going to focus on here & now for the time being & not on what I’ve not accomplished.

I’m going to be present & in the moment no matter how hard it is & focus on the timeline after I have figured out what is going on with my heart.

Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?

From the age of 27 onward I made some really dumb mistakes. I’d like a do over in those years because I was harsh & mean & not very kind.

I’d like a do over because I made some pretty stupid mistakes. The kind you do in your twenties. Now, that I’ve had a while to reflect I’d like to change how I treated people.

I think that when you’re in your late twenties you know “everything” but the fact is that you don’t. You wear too much perfume & you shower as if it was a religion.

I think I’d like to go back & apologize to those I’ve wronged & I’d change how impulsive I was back then. I’d like to apologize to all those people I took for granted.

I moved from the East coast to the West coast & took my attitude with me that burnt many bridges. I had my East coast swagger for a few years & it cost me relationships & friendships. When I learned how to chill out things changed for the better. It just cost me too much I’m afraid.