Who do you spend time with the most? How would your life and personality be different without them?

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Technically speaking, I guess this little award of “Always Around” would go to my roommate.

This April will mark ten years of living together, and in that time there were two places we lived at where we exclusively had our computer setups in a shared space. Since the roommate got the house a couple years after we moved in together, our desk arrangements have changed a few times but we’ve still hung out together a fair amount.

As for how my life and personality would be different without them? I couldn’t say with any certainty. I can speculate that I would likely be a much more unsocial shut-in, with the exception of my family. I’d probably still be a fairly nice and empathetic individual, but I like to attribute that part of my personality to events and experiences that happen away from home. Like work.

I can definitely say that I likely wouldn’t have developed some of the hobbies I have now, outside of gaming. No Magic: The Gathering or tabletop gaming/miniature painting, since my roommates and our mutual friends are the ones that introduced me to those. I’d probably be more invested in the Pokémon TCG because of my nieces and nephews, and subsequently Lorcana because of my own siblings when that would eventually release.

My one roommate is also responsible for introducing me to Twitch, so it’s highly likely I wouldn’t have developed an interest in streaming. Which means I wouldn’t have even attempted it. I guess, now that I think about it, that aspect of my life also helped develop a bit of my personality and helped me break out of my shell. It definitely has helped me become a better presenter for work.

I could probably spend all night reviewing my life over the last decade, picking it apart and figuring out how my interactions with my roommate have led to where and who I am today, but I’ll leave it there for now. Introspection takes a lot of work.