I've spent most of my life inside of systems. While most people do end up interacting with the systems of our society to one degree or another, I am an example of someone who has been shaped from the ground up not by critical thought, but by the repetitious impaction of specific ideologies. From nearly two decades spent in primary and secondary education, to more than another decade in military service, the bulk of my life has consisted of participating in organizations designed to produce something very specific: people who will conform to what is considered "normal". It is no wonder then that here at the start of the second half of my life, I have no idea what to do.
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