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h-bomb32 LinkThis was a fascinating read and an excellent explainer. I'm going to try and check out the paper here in a few hours. Thanks you very muchThis was a fascinating read and an excellent explainer. I'm going to try and check out the paper here in a few hours. Thanks you very much
A handful of years ago I absolutely fell in love with the kitchen culture after leaving the military. I worked in a few different kitchens as a line cook and lunch chef and eventually started a food truck and catering business with a couple other young chefs that had amazing talent and ability. Additionally, to make ends meet I worked as a cellarman at a brewery startup. The amount of business knowledge I gained during that period of time was substantial. Both the brewery and the food truck were incredibly successful, but they were incredibly stressful. As a newly married guy, I was working 100 hour work weeks and not seeing my wife very often. Further, I wasn't taking care of myself or handling the stressful aspects of working on/for 2 startups where every decision can be life or death for a business. I drank to excess and some problems I had from the military were beginning to exacerbate things. Eventually, my life felt that it was completely out of control, and I began to contemplate whether it was worth it to be alive.
I sought help
Over the next year, I began chipping away at things I needed to fix about myself. I walked away from the businesses (one of which I had invested my life savings into) and headed to school at 28 years old.
I recently completed my associates in engineering and will be attending a pretty decent aerospace program at university in the coming months. I'm still with my wife, and we're still working through things. I'm a lot happier now, but have to keep an eye on the things that I allow to adversely affect me.