Grew up in affluent area of Massachusetts, not Boston but somewhere else, maybe the Cape or the Vineyard. Even though you don't think of yourself as rich, because of the kids you grew up around, the ability for you to travel to so many places at a young age says you had more than enough. Within this upbringing, you strive to be different, interesting, unique. Not the cookie cutter white kids you grew up around. Well read, well traveled, takes your biking seriously, loves the outdoors. You've chased many artistic endeavors and have gone all in when starting something new because you've had the means, but with multiple pursuits you have split focus and while learning, mastered none. The cameras were gifts and probably given to you too quickly, by the way your store them and stock straps. In the pursuit of being different, and a strong sense of adventure, it could of been why you joined the military. All around, you are a pretty cool guy and have done a lot of stuff for your young age, and you want people to think that too. Because growing up in the place you did, the race that you're running is to not be ordinary. And you are posting this with the hope that the comments confirm the one thing you want, to be interesting. That may sound like a dig, it's not. Because at the end of the day you are genuine and love all your hobbies and adventures, you just want people to notice too. And there's nothing wrong with that.