Planning international travel with my wife and kids is one of my greatest pleasures out of proportion. When you plan something far out in the future (whether a trip or a purchase) and spend time anticipating the joy it will bring you over a long delay period, you enjoy it all the more when it comes to fruition. I can …
Hardship Is Relative
Back pain led me to sell my beloved surf kayak that first summer of COVID. Ever since, I’ve been riding a bicycle nearly every day I’m not working. It was hard to give up the kayak. It led me to accept that my body will have different activities it can tolerate at different stages. Understanding that everything is by its …
Lessons In Impermanence
When I was 17, just before my final year of high school, the Painted Cave Fire consumed over 600 structures, including our family home. First lesson in impermanence. As I watch the destruction and suffering associated with the Palisades Fire in LA, I track those friends and family under mandatory evacuation, while still others spend sleepless nights with the flames …
Reverse-Engineering My Life
I recently reinvented my work schedule. It was an idea that began to marinate months ago as my father faded away in front of me, gaining momentum in his final days. It required taking a big risk, and being willing to live with the consequences if things did not go my way. The decision to act was rooted in the …