Sometimes, yet rarely so, a story touches me deeply, and yours did just that by showing how embracing new perspectives and sharing thoughts freely on Medium can really change things. I think it's extremely marvelous how you dove into new subjects and found that Medium brought your love for poetry back to life. Reading about your adventures is an enormous reminder for me that bringing in our own unique flavors makes everything we write significantly more interesting. There is unsurprisingly a potential to reignite lost passions or to start new ones, no matter how late in the industry one might think they are. Even balancing work and what you love doing on the side, like you are, adds so much to why your story excites me. Your feeling of getting excited about different wisdom and connecting with all sorts of people is something special – it really pushes me to want to open up more too. Definitely keep posting about your experiences -- they're extremely motivating!