For the longest time I had no real sense of self, and I was just kind of going along with what everybody expected me to be and do, but as I got older I developed a greater sense of individual sovereignty and self-ownership, that allowed me to be a great husband, a great father, and really come into my own as a man and as a human in general. I have a number of experiences that allowed me to realize exactly who was and was not going to be there for me when I needed them the most, what life is really worth living for, and what is important in this world and how to love it to its maximum.