These intersecting interests are part of why I write this blog, so it certainly isn’t impossible to keep the intersection rooting in adding value to your life.

I want to start with this quote from The Tangible Life. These intersecting interests aren’t just what have fueled the engine of this blog—they’ve powered my entire life. And on that note, I can’t help but think about how fortunate I am. Not that luck has much to do with it, but in the sense that not everyone gets the chance to turn their passions into a lifelong career. So many factors play into this: living conditions, place of birth, social status. Sure, they’re not decisive, but I realize they make things a whole lot easier. Why? Simply because they open up more opportunities.

But let’s get to this month’s IndieWeb Carnival theme. My intersecting interests really came together toward the end of high school and the start of university, when I began hanging out online and following some gaming forums.

From there, by constantly chiming in and interacting with other users, I ended up connecting with someone who was, at the time, a marketing manager at Electronic Arts. That led to me effectively becoming the community manager for Italy for the FIFA series—which, in turn, brought me to Canada in 2007 to witness game development firsthand and to launch this very blog.

Not only that, but in those years I also started writing for a few gaming magazines, feeding my passion for the humanities while trying to figure out the best way to share my passions objectively and accessibly.

It was only two years ago that I managed to return to the world of video games professionally, but keeping this blog alive for so long meant I never lost touch with them. In fact, over the years I even co-founded www.fuorigio.co with some friends and continued telling their stories in my free time.

In short, I think intrinsic interests are really just a synthesis of who we are and how—even unconsciously—we experience our everyday reality.