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The things you see in a year
Are you the same person after the things you see in a year?
(Originally published on Substack)
The night falls early, the wind blows cold. The rain doesn’t stop in this Central Ontario zone.
An hour ago, I was going through my pictures of this time last year. Found a selfie I took in front of my downtown Barrie apartment coming back from my midnight shift. A co-worker had dropped me home. It had just started snowing. Was my first snow experience. I was different. I was confused. I was scared. But most importantly I was clueless to what the following year was about to bring.
A lot has changed. My wife and I have moved out of that one-bedroom apartment into a two-bedroom in a safer area. I bought a car, scrapped it and bought another one. The LinkedIn app is no longer on my home screen. Lost my grandmother.
I am not the person in the picture. That guy didn’t know a lot of stuff and I am not talking about quantum or economic theories. In fact, that guy probably knew more about those theories than I do. Because I clearly remember that he thought that knowing that kind of stuff was important…
