A new journey
23 Sep
Thursday night – well, friday morning now, according to some. My life’s been extremely hectic and busy over the last few months, and a lot has changed. Family has been lost, but family has also been gained. My days are stressful, but often extremely rewarding, and I’m growing in ability all the time. I am learning to be a better manager of people and projects, and at the same time developing exciting technical skills. The Linux commandline now feels properly like home.
Home, now there’s an interesting concept. For most, this is a physical building, but I’ve yet to find one of my own to call that. The homes of others feel far more like home than the house of my own, and yet still I am searching, looking for my own sanctuary.
It’s been over ten years since I found Ultima Online and my life changed. Sanctuary back then was the game in more ways than one. It let me escape my world, and it was also the name of the roleplaying village we founded. I still look back on the game fondly, but can never play it again. The pull of the darkside from it is still too strong, yet both the mechanics and the interface are now intollerable.
I may not play Ultima Online anymore, but the people I met ultimately through it continue to shape my life in all kinds of delicious ways. And my experience within it’s communities gave me the confidence to rebuild my life anew at university.
I may have graduated from a different university in the end, but Warwick still is a central place in my life. Through it I met my girlfriend, made some of my closest friends and family, and had the opportunity to experience things I never would have otherwise.
And experiences are what life is all about. In the last few weeks I’ve clocked up some big ones, including the best gig of my life, a much needed appointment, and finding a way to carry my family with me on my journey to find my sanctuary.
I have been through a lot, and there is still much more to go. But there is promise. My life was once ruined, but I am human, and humans rebuild, better than before. This will be my journey, my rebirth,
