Even though my actual journey started out of sheer boredom after a brutal year of 14-hour construction shifts…

From sloppy first subscriptions that landed me elbows deep in a sea of paywalled clips and zero feedback…

Machine-gun laughter cracked through my headphones at 3 AM the exact night I said screw it and typed…

Woke up last August sweating in my studio after the 9 to 5 had kicked my legs out,…

Broke my third direct deposit last Nov paying for subs that mostly flopped flat, so I ripped through…

Morning coffee in hand at 3AM, three hours into vetting subscriptions on my laptop, I finally realized I’d…

What struck me most was realizing how dark academia bleeds into every corner of my own life. Back…

Dawn arrived without my coffee and suddenly there I was, twenty three subscriptions deep in soft linen skirts…

It all happened about 11 months ago when I crashed on a friend’s couch in Portland with literally…

Life used to be a blur of exploring different crowds and vaping until late midnight until I realized…