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In these pages, you live May 2022 with Matt, traveling across Europe and the Southwestern United States to hear how he became an atheist, father of a non-binary child, a hated and hunted former vegan, and survivor of accidents and illnesses that haven't killed him. Yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLosing reveals that on his life's journey, Matt changed his mind, discovered three tips everyone should know, and found the first key to happiness. Arriving home from his May 2022 travels, he is still a cranky old man who should never have been born, broken from lung to heart to neck to jaw to nose. 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