Father John Misty
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A mutant turtle ninja.
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A veterinarian.
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I didn’t have a chance to want to be anything – I became an actor at 11.
A detective. Or a writer. Or a poet.
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An astronaut. I still do.
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View profile →My mom and dad. They always encouraged me to keep spiritual things first.
I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family. I don't think it's fair. If I were a guy, I wouldn't be writing this because I'd be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.
Oh, I am not thinking about that yet.
I have never liked the word retirement. It doesn't feel like a modern word to me. I've been thinking of this as a transition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people. Maybe the best word to describe what I'm up to is evolution. I'm here to tell you that I'm evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.
I cry a lot, so the last time was no big moment.
Taking time every day to read the Bible.
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