Michael Easter

We were kind of stuck indoors.

There was less things going on.

It's just like, okay, I started asking myself, like, what do I want out of life?

And I kind of quickly came to the realization that I wasn't done with fighting.

I had fallen out of love with fighting.

I had a bitter taste in my mouth for fighting, but not so much because of fighting, but because I lacked the ability to show up in the ways that were good and healthy for me.

And now that I was in a different position...

with a supportive partner and two kids.

So basically once you got out of that relationship, that started to fix a lot of things.

Then you found someone who... Well, removing the toxicity helps.

That helps remove the poison.

That does help.

That helps.

But I also had to do a lot of soul searching.

I went, after I retired, I basically packed my car and I just started driving.

I was in Las Vegas.

I just literally got in the car with my little dog and I headed towards the coast and then I drove up the coastline.

And for the first time in my life, I really just tried to see what came to me, like what spoke to me and what did I want?

What did I want at that moment?

What choice did I want to make?