Meaning (and Lackthereof) of Life

So I caved. I have a TikTok now. This video is also on TikTok I guess it’s not exactly “new”, I opened the account a couple years ago, but I never really did anything with it. It’s an interesting moment in the life of a Gen X-er or a Millennial, when a tech development happens when you’re in your upper 20s or so and you have a horrifying moment of realization that, “Oh. This is not for me, is it?” I say Gen X and Millennial here because I don’t necessarily believe technology

This essay was originally written and published in 2019. I've made slight edits in 2025 for clarity. My understanding of privilege, race, gender, and sexuality has evolved since this original post at age 24, but I stand by the lessons I learned at the time of writing. Perhaps the perspective in this essay will help someone else. Peter Fenton, a boy who is both very white and very male Before I really get started, let’s call out the elephant in the room that, as a white man, I

Every person has genuinely interesting stories. Life may just be the ongoing matter of living those stories and learning how to tell them.