I've been out of college for 5 years, today. I had really big plans. I should have been living in LA by now, working as an assistant audio engineer, trying to get hours in the studio wherever and whenever I could. I should have my own place to live, and a dog to call my own. It was going to be hard, but it was going to be worth it.

But after I graduated, my hearing began to deteriorate. All my dreams of mixing music professionally died when hearing loss set in. Now I'm just a failure, living in the same rust belt town he grew up in, back with his parents, making just barely enough money while working a job that he just barely knows how to do.

Most days, I don't want to get out of bed. Today, I didn't even want to wake up. What a waste this life has been. My folks say there is a plan and purpose for everyone. You've kinda gotta figure that someone's purpose it to do just enough, and eventually be forgotten by history. I guess I'm that someone.