The Side Effects of Endorphins

When I was in high school, I was a fairly good football player. We had a really good team and we won the county championship. I was an integral part of that team scoring touchdowns and making tackles.

Tenth Grade

Our football coach, vice principal, remained furious with me when I decided in 10th grade not to play defensive end and go out for the school play. It’s not a real great look to have the school vice principal passive aggressively being pissed off at you for three years.

It was the best decision I ever made in my life. I would later make some really good decisions, but that was my 10th grade mind. On stage brought out a new version of me. It also connected me to a whole new group of people. I did end up in a touring group that did small plays around the school district.

I don’t know much about acting, or whether I would’ve been good at it, however I certainly liked it. Being on stage, the rush is very similar to that of endorphins.

Public Speaking

I have done more than my share. I’ve done it in the business world. I taught computer classes at two local colleges so I was on stage for three hours a night

The Breakthrough

There is a café near where we live where we had a writers forum. We all gathered around and read our short stories. People from the community used to come and listen.

This got me writing on a regular basis and exchanging ideas with those who had a love for literature.

A Master