Double Eagle

      A little over two years after I was born, Rome: Total War came out in 2004 and thus my holy book was born. For most of my childhood I lived in a bubble and I had no reason to change anything. Around a decade ago my uncle introduced me to RTW and I was instantly hooked into a new world that blew my mind very passing day. Looking at the map was very enjoyable, I would look and figure out many geographical facts that stick to me today: Gauls were tribes in what is now France, and Carthage is in Northern Africa right next to Sicily. It mainly showed me the difference in cultures from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.     One things that became very clear quickly is the differences in technology and infrastructure. Not just learning about wonders of the world like the  Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the Pyramid of Giza, but also about simple innovations like roman aqueducts which amazed modern architects for many years that seemed so simple when I ...

     It was an experience that I never expected was going to be one I would personally partake in my life. The event being having over a year of an educational year being entirely done online. Online schooling was a topic that was familiar with considering my Mom had finished her accounting degree at College of DuPage online. She would always tell me how hard it was to learn in that setting, and I would scoff at that thought. How could it be hard to learn with no time limits. No noise to hurt your brain, no peers to cause you strain.      The situation seems very easy at the start. When you are learning names and getting all the introductory steps out of the way goes past like a blip. It seems so easy when you are talking for a few seconds, and due to the lack of interaction would lead to focus not being on the class. It felt nice that a class meeting would end and a second later I could be playing on my Xbox, use my phone, or go out with friends. In a...

 Ever since I can remember all I have heard older people around me talk about how they miss the time when they were younger. It confused me at the time because to me it didn't make any sense. What would compel you to want to go back to a stage where you didn't have the ability to do what you want, go where you want, and stay up as long as you want. It was a naïve thought that helps me realize how much my view of life has changed as I've grown up. It's a sobering thought that everyone has at their lowest moments which for many leads to more severe sadness. I am no stranger to this concept when I have my personal bad stretches although when I rejuvenate myself it helps me realize how privilege of a life I have lived. I always go back to my time in elementary school when I would sit for hours on Saturday watching cartoons, making friends in school, and playing soccer after with many friends that I still know to this day. A newer development that happened in my life was the...