My 2022 turned out pretty well and I am looking forward to what 2023 brings. New Year’s Resolutions can be frustrating, but I’ve found making realistic and fun goals helpful in past years. I’ve also found that publishing and discussing my goals creates some social pressure, which I respond well to, to keep with them. …
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Bikes, Broken Bones, Disc Golf, and More – My 2022 Review
2022 was a fantastic year. After taking a long hiatus, I got back into several hobbies including cycling, live music, traveling, and festivals. I also discovered a new hobby, disc golf! I saw one of my photos become a painting, a lunar eclipse, a new relationship, and ate some delicious food. It wasn’t all rainbows, though, I got pretty beat up in a bike vs car accident this year, and I got COVID.
On Capturing Moments in Time
I’ve been SO excited to tell this story for weeks now, but I had to wait for a few of the pieces to come together… In what feels like a past life these days, several years ago I was doing a bunch of traveling and taking a bunch of photos. I uploaded all my favorite …
One chapter ends and a new one begins. A eulogy to my home in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
For the last five years, I’ve lived and worked from a spectacularly beautiful spot in the Santa Cruz Mountains with a sweeping view of the Lexington Reservoir. I’ve been immersed in nature and regularly watched the deer, turkeys, bald eagles, foxes, coyotes, bobcats, beavers, snakes, and all sorts of other critters from my windows. I could walk out the door and be steps away from fishing, hiking, and mountain biking. Stumbling on that little lakeside cottage was one of the luckiest moments of my life, but it’s time to say goodbye.
How I tricked myself into reading more books
I love reading and learning. I am a voracious reader, but I very rarely read books. My reading material almost entirely consisted of web articles and blog posts. I was turned on to a book called Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion and I really wanted to read it. Although, this has happened several times before. I …
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My New Year’s Resolution for 2018
There is a really powerful commentary on social media making rounds recently. The rumblings go deeper than this one man and this one video. As an avid social media user, I think it’s important to realize and understand this idea of “dopamine driven feedback loops” and both their power and their danger. I might be …