Knoxville Boy to Young Adulthood

To expand on my projected future I guess I should do a little explaining of my past.

I moved out of the house and from under the wing after high school at age 18. Since then I have been on my own financially, besides the gracious college fund which covers books and tuition. Other than that it has been up to me. I've reaped the benefits of hard work and a little luck and have been able to avoid asking for money from my parent since the fall of 2008, when I moved here to Knoxville. That isn't to say that I've always acted like an adult.

I spent my first year and a half here undecided and working as a maintenance man for a local apartment complex. I was figuring a new city, a new lifestyle and my inner self out. This was an interesting, demanding and confusing time. One that I cherish but would not go back to for anything.

After a few semesters of floating I decided to begin my major in Biosystems Engineering and traded the "GenEd's" for my new scientific, technical coursework. I loved it!

After a while the pressure began to mount and I had a crossroads come to be in my life. I could no longer "b.s." my way through school. I had to decide to either fully commit to the bookworm lifestyle, or go in a new direction for me - the social side of life.

I'd landed a job for River Sports outfitters in my time before vectors and differentials. Slowly the retail environment morphed me out of the nose-to-the-grindstone, shy personality to one that was completely, 180 degrees different. I was suddenly motivated not by good grades but by cold beer and hot women.

Fun times they were.

I quit school, saved money, traveled, dated, won, lost, learned, and loved. It was AWESOME. And then I woke up one day and realized I couldn't do this forever. I needed to increase my value so as to have someone else provide me the means of travel and exploration. I had to figure out a work-travel situation.

This leads me to my future....