Hello and good day, Ai! This Barista hopes you’re well, and that today is a marvelous day so far!
Specific as always, huh? I like that order. One order of red coming right up! Thanks for your curiosity, Ai! I wish you well and have a nice day! Cheers! ☕
Red: What are you passionate about? How did this passion develop?
My first passion was reading. It developed pretty early in my life. My earliest childhood memories, the ones that truly stand out to me, was whenever my grandfather (my dad’s Dad) would bring me over boxes of books. New, second-hand, I didn’t care. I may as well have had my own small library.
That, and not to brag, but I could read a few years ahead of most kids my age.
The next passion I developed was writing, but I suppose it’s more or less a hobby of sorts nowadays as opposed to a passion. I write for fun, and although I always entertained the dream of being an author when I was older… That dream’s more or less fizzled out and died, needless to say.
My drive for passion was sparked by my grade 3 English teacher praising me for how I re-wrote Snow White. It was part of a class assignment, I think? Details are fuzzy, but I think that’s right.
…Hm. I think that’s it? I can’t really think of anything else I’m particularly passionate about.