My name is matt and I am a 27 year old gentleman. I grew up and currently reside in Texas. I attended college in Austin for 5 years. After that I worked in Insurance for 2 years and decided it wasn't for me. Currently, I'm enrolled in college again going for a science degree. I am really happy about it, because I want to continue my education and join some writing clubs.

Confidence and happiness should be one's goals. This is what I've learned in my life up to this point.

My passion is ...

thinking

I know too much about ...

philosophy

My parents always told me ...

be myself

My childhood ambition ...

to be a superhero

My favorite memory ...

realizing there's nothing to be afraid of

Why I write ...

to communicate ideas

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

blogs and unpublished works

My first job ...

office clerk for senior community services

My inspiration ...

is the idea that everyone is different

Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Facing death

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He sat nervously in his seat. Thought of redemption, of his family, even of religion filled his mind sporadically. I'm going to do it for real this time, he repeated over and over in his mind.

As his professor went on, ironically enough, about cognitive dissonance, the student sat there with a guilty express on his face. They never liked me. None of them ever cared. They turned me into this. These thoughts reminded him of his task, and what he believed he had to do. He began to rise from his chair slowly.

Standing there for two seconds seemed like eternality. Am I going ...

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