Sep 5, 2022Member-onlyHow to Live a Vitality-Centered Life5 ways to access your most ancient superpower — I’m a runaway. Not in the colloquial “I hate my parents, I hate my life,” angsty teenager kind of way. Rather, in the “I don’t want to deal with my adult emotions, so let me transfer colleges six weeks into my first semester, move apartments (nine times in nine years)…11 min read11 min read
Aug 17, 2022Member-onlyWho is Your Disagreeable Accountability Partner?Rediscovering the value of healthy dissent — I have a weekly phone call with a dear friend of mine who is the only person in my life that I can claim as having significantly different views than my own. We question each other freely, commonly submit when called out on our illogically constructed reasoning, and create so…Accountability4 min readAccountability4 min read
May 30, 2021My Four Pillars of Personal Knowledge Management (for now)A long-winded brain dump Unnecessary Note: You will notice odd formatting below because I write my drafts in an application called Roam Research. The brackets are used to create bi-directional linking. If that communicates nothing of value to you, pretend you didn’t see this 👻. When I think about Personal…Knowledge Management15 min readKnowledge Management15 min read
May 23, 2021Pilot: Thinking Out LoudConsistently and publicly Unnecessary Note: You will notice odd formatting below because I write my drafts in an application called Roam Research. The brackets are used to create bi-directional linking. If that communicates nothing of value to you, pretend you didn’t see this 👻. Where do we begin? This question…Thinking5 min readThinking5 min read
Oct 9, 2020It’s Time to Flip the ScriptLet’s go for normal — Since graduating college in 2014, I’ve lived in Cameroon for six months, Washington, DC for three years, Colorado for 18 months, and now live in a van (by choice). I’ve been a United States Peace Corps Volunteer (elected to terminate my service super early), a data analyst for a car…Normal2 min readNormal2 min read
Sep 30, 2020Fulfilling Our Desire To Feel ExpressedWhat tools are at our disposal? — I have found myself in an unexpected position this year that I’m fairly confident has little or nothing to do with the COVID-19 pandemic. After earning a whopping $2,500 with my coaching “business” (the most I’ve ever made and a remarkably unremarkable figure), I found myself settling into what I…Journaling4 min readJournaling4 min read
Sep 11, 20201,225 DaysSince the last time I published a Medium story — The greatest irony is that I fell off the writing train when I landed my first writing job. …Reflections2 min readReflections2 min read
Jul 13, 2017CommunityA Call to Action for Aspiring Writers — Due to the small staff and independence of my current job, I don’t have any peers/mentorship when it comes to the writing craft. As such, I’m looking to gather a small group (3–5 writers) that is searching for a tight-knit community to use as a support/critique system to better our…Mentorship2 min readMentorship2 min read
Published inAscent Publication·May 4, 2017Thursday is NOT the Day to Throw in the TowelBreak Your Ties With the Social Construct of Time — Every week, Thursday morning comes around and we have an uncontrollable need to self-assess. We can’t help it. We love viewing life at halfway points. When the time we’ve assigned to a particular list of “to-do’s” has reached its midpoint, we have four choices: Imagine the possibility of finishing early…Motivation3 min readMotivation3 min read
Published inAscent Publication·May 2, 2017You Might Be Missing a Very Important Person in Your LifeAnd that needs to change — As you go through life, your relationships with friends, families, lovers, and even strangers evolve. How you associate with your mother, father, and siblings at 15 compared to 30 is dramatically different (or so I hope). The same goes for your “best friend” — a title in which you may…Relationships3 min readRelationships3 min read
