20 years ago today: February 19, 1996. I was "at a crossroads".
I was projecting 20 years into the future. I made a few
predictions in that message (to an online group) of potential
futures I could see for myself, but this was the bleakest.
"While my skills may be in computers, and I could make a lot of
money doing programming, computer repairs, and the like, I see
myself 20 years in the future, miserable, lonely, depressed, and
suicidal." Age 24 Well, 20 years have gone by. I'm glad to
report that THAT potential future was false. Did I circumvent
potential tragedy by being aware of it at the time? Did I AVOID
the very future I predicted by speaking it aloud? Or was it
never to be? I don't know. I'm just glad I was wrong :)