Talking with my friends and family every day helps keep me grounded and connected to home. They are the most important things to me.
I constantly try to reinvent my sensibilities and my ideas. I enjoy some of the satisfaction that I get when I feel good about what I've done. But the process is quite lonely and quite painful.
Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.