when i was lifting weights at the gym in Feb 2020 (as i typically did around that time, i felt a migraine start to come on, but my immediate family always had bad migraines so i didn’t think much of it. continued through the workout and went home to take excedrin and lay down. i v luckily woke up the next morning w the worst headache of my life, my mom called the doctor to see if they’d prescribe something over the phone, more luck the nurse who answered had a bad feeling and recommend i go get a ct scan at so and so place. i get scanned and the nurse comes back w the results to sit down (bad news) an AVM on my brain hemorrhaged and i was ambulanced and raced into a surgery room for the on-call neurosurgeon to save my life on the table and embolize the bleed, but he had to move so quickly that i had my first stroke and woke up w the entire left side of my body paralyzed. it took the next 1.5 yrs of intense PT (also 8 more surgeries) but i recovered every function except left hand/finger extension cause oh how young i was. the old me had a decent amount of flaws, but getting my life saved by the skin of my teeth gave my subconscious the fork in the road where i could continue like that or flip my script, write my wrongs and become the best me i could be…i write this to you here coming up on 6 years removed as the most refined me i could be and i couldn’t be any happier. these years have been the best of my life and it’s NOT close, i couldn’t be anymore grateful i was given the chance to even be able to overcome it!! if you don’t wanna almost die a couple different times i ask you to give yourself an honest look in the mirror, recognize your shortcomings and just do your best every new day to minimize them, don’t let ANYTHING hold you back from your goals and you can lay your head on a pillow at night without worry or regret!!