I slogged through Catholic college prep school. Studied : loom weaving, Exploring psychic phenomena, yoga during off time.
Fell in love with cooking. Turned Vegetarian, kept cooking.
Worked in the food industry, chef, cook.
Got into real estate sales, property management, remodeling.
Sheet rock mud and cake decorating can be similar.
Entrepreneur stuff.Bought and fixed up 2 dozen houses or more.
All the while writing: long letters, little stories, capturing memories. People said I should write more.
Almost all of my stories are drafts but for whatever reason inspired by this forum I thought I'd spend more time with this.
I've never been published, I've never tried.