Well, it's been one year since I started writing for this wonderful website. I felt as if I should do something special to commemorate this anniversary. After brainstorming a few ideas, I decided to go back to my very first article I ever wrote for Odyessy and do a sequel.

A lot can happen and change in one year's time. Relationships/friendships can begin and end. Adventures can be had or missed out on. There are a bunch of highs and lows that come with the passage of a years time. One thing, however, one thing remains constant; my lone wolf status.

I pretty much do everything all by myself. I am on my own little island observing the world from afar. This has not changed at all since I wrote the original article. Only the details and situations of my isolation have changed. Everything adapts and changes in order to survive. You either adapt or you perish, plain and simple.

Now, I do have a couple friends up here in Carbondale that I talk to from time to time. I'm still very approachable and I have a good relationship with most I encounter within this town. I am not here to create waves and stir the pot. I am here to put in the work for my future and have a little fun in the process. I'm also not here to appease everybody. There are some people who don't like me and that's fine. I'm not lying awake at night wondering how to win those folks who don't vibe with me over. That's not my job, and I can't be loved by everybody.

Most of the time, I am all by myself. I usually have conversations in class and that is the extent of my vocal usage. I hit up my classes, run some errands and I return home where I interact with nobody. I focus on me and me alone. Not in a selfish manner, but a focused manner. This is my senior year, I see that finish line. and I not only wish to cross it, but also set it on fire. I'm a shark who can taste blood in the water and I won't stop till I get my fix.

I also went to Dallas all by myself this year. That was the first time I have ever traveled on a plane and touched down on a different state. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I didn't need anybody else there to make that weekend special. There is something so fulfilling in doing something like that by yourself.

There is a common misconception that just because you are alone, you are sad. Would I like to have a girlfriend to cuddle up next to at night and just talk? Hell to the yes. However, I'm not going to fret about it. I think I'm killing the game right now, and if nobody wants to share that with me, then fine. I'll keep to myself, be looked at as an outsider looking in. This is something I have been doing my whole life. It's not a problem to continue to walk alone.