“What are you going to do with your life?”

Before we begin, an update:I’m resting and healing, but I’m also on pain meds and edibles so apologies in advance for any typographical errors, not-as-humorous-as-intended non sequiturs, or general lapses in sense.

The trajectory of my career has been winding, to say the least.

As a seventeen year old kid who ran away from home in rural Illinois to New York City all alone, I dreamed of becoming an actor and writer in the Big Apple, inspired by the films, plays, and stories that provided me escape and a safe haven from the…