"Best Days" - Alessia Cara

I can definitely relate to the message of this video. She sings, "What if my best days were the days I left behind." That verse rings so true with me. I was successful at a young age. After I graduated with a BS in computer science from Valdosta State, I got a great job working for the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington DC. Stayed there for five years then I moved back to Georgia. I stayed in Atlanta for about 4 years. I had bought a two-story house with a two-car garage, living room, family room, dining room, three bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths. I lost it when I got into trouble there. I wrote about this in the past so I won't go into it.

But I've wondered was that the best for me. Will I ever get my own home again? Will I make over $70,000 again? Can I be successful with my own business? I believe I bounced back between art and IT because I did not want to let getting a MS and BS in computer science be in vain. All of this happened a long time ago. I've regretted my decision of leaving government work, but I know it was for the best.

I'm an artist now. I need to embrace that and stay consistent. That's the only way I will get better and be successful. 

I don't know if Alessia Cara was the sole writer of this song but to have grasped this subject at age in her twenties is remarkable.