TwitchCon 2019

I was at TwitchCon this weekend when I wrote my last post.  Right now as I write this I'm sitting at the airport in San Diego waiting for my return flight home to start boarding.  I'm glad I got to the airport early because I ran into someone that I know and we got to talk before he left.  It was his first time at such a large convention so I was really ha
ppy to see and hear that he had enjoyed himself immensely.

You may ask, what is TwitchCon? 

Twitch is a platform where streamers, myself being one, can interact with viewers in real time.  I was introduced to Twitch by a streamer that I follow and enjoyed what he did, so I decided to stream.  Oh, and I love meeting and talking with people.  I am a gamer streamer under one username (13thisatweirdo) and am about to start the Travel Stream under a second username of 13thTraveler. 

Under the name 13th Traveler, is where I will take you on adventures to see new sights, and speak to people about their craft.  I met a lot of artists during the convention and while I was able to speak to some of them for a little while,  at a convention that is a very little while.  I want to speak with more of them and for a longer period of time.   

I have always been fascinated with art.  My mom can sketch and paint, so can my son.  Me, on the other hand, can't do either.  My art has been photography, I like capturing memories and have taken a lot of photographs over my lifetime.  I was given my first camera at the age of 7.  I never learned to develop film, but I enjoyed taking pictures.   My entire focus was and is capturing images.

Between photography, videography, streaming, audio recordings, and this blog I want to take you on these journeys to see how, what, and why people started in their craft.  The love of their craft and also travel to places that you may not get to, and show you why, if given the chance, why you should check these places out. 

(All pictures were taken by me in San Diego this weekend)

I'm sitting here in my Airbnb contemplating on what my goals were for 2018, including writing in this blog, that didn't happen. Where was the breakdown? Did I forget why I started this blog in the first place? Why did I not continue to write?

The answer is:  I honestly can't remember what was going through my mind in January 2018.

Life can take a person down many paths, some decisions are good, some bad, some leave a person feeling stagnate without seeing the side streets. 

2018 was heartening and disheartening.  I finally made a change in my life, I quit a job that made me feel like my soul was being wrenched from my body.  I moved to a new state to start over and couldn't find work.  I was jobless for half the year, ready to give up and move back to my home state when I got a call from a friend that said her company was hiring and moved to her state.  I got the job, I'm earning a paycheck, I'm happy. 

My life has been one of helping and supporting others, and that is the type of job I now currently have.  It has opened my 'eyes' on problems that I had as a child that I still suffer with.  I'm now helping children with things that I had to go through so that they don't have the same questions that I had as a child.  What's wrong with me? Why don't I understand?  Why can't I just get it?  I'm not stupid, I'm not lazy, I'm doing the homework. Why aren't the teachers understanding.  Why does my eye twitch when I'm reading? Why am I not understanding what the teacher is asking when I read the same paragraph as the other students?  Why didn't I get the same answer as the other students?  How did I miss that?  Why was reading all of those chapters in college my nightmare?

Now that I have this new job, the answer is quite simple.  I had an eye coordination issue.  I missed a lot of what I read due to my eyes not working together.  It's quite hard to understand what you are reading when the mechanics of reading, your eyes working together, don't do that.   Now that I understand the issue I'm taking charge of my life back.  I'm not going to stop doing things that I love because I "don't understand".  I'm working through those issues, I am getting the help that I need, so that I can stop having those questions that I had as a child that occasionally will sneak into my mind as an adult.  I'm no longer hiding from those questions.

Well you may ask,  why is she telling us this? The answer is quite simple...  to help.  Other people may be going through the same thing that I was.  Due to where I work, I know for a fact others ARE going through what I was and there are adults today that don't realize that there was a reason for those questions as a child. 

This blog has a new lease on life.  Life is a journey filled with heartache, heartbreak, rejuvenation, hope, despair,  love, and loss.  I'm going to take you on my journey, introduce you to some extraordinary people, and show you some amazing places.  Stay tuned for more!

---- Freida