The concept of identity interests me. Recently I’ve been thinking that as humans, we spend so much time building a life to live, that we get caught in the daily rush of it and forget that our identity is multifaceted. It’s important to remember that while we identify with certain things, those things are NOT […]
As I stepped up the concrete steps and into the decaying house of a person I didn’t know, the smell of stale air and lost life filled my nose. The feeling of heaviness hit me and the the notion of how I thought I’d feel in that particular moment as I walked from room to […]
A lot has happened in the last 275 days. In no specific order, I grew my beard to the longest it’s been in my entire life, I celebrated my 33rd birthday, I’ve traveled, ate some amazing food (and some not so amazing), met some amazing people, lost touch with some as well, hiked, watched great […]
I found myself standing on a hill in front of a meetinghouse in a quaint town in New Hampshire, watching the trees sway in a summer breeze, as a quartet played classical music nearby. The sky was overcast, and a crowd had gathered to listen to the music while I took in the scene around […]
I often think about success and what it means to me. I think that the notion of success is very subjective and differs based on who you ask. To me I view success as being able to live off of what makes your heart happy. Not having to compromise on following your passions and callings […]
I have to admit, I’m a thief of sorts. But not the kind you’d think. I don’t steal jewels, money, or prized possessions. Nothing like that. The things I steal are far more precious. These things that cannot be held. I steal the fragile fleeting things that are taken for granted and seldom kept hidden […]
You sniffled and blinked a few times as you stared out of the windshield of your idling car at nothing in particular. It looked like the weight of whatever you had going on in life was working overtime at weighing you down. I remember thinking that at that hour of the morning it must have […]
Today I woke up at 4:15 in the morning. I was tired. Very tired. Last night I stayed up roasting a coffee order for my coffee roasting business that needed to get done. Did I mention I own a coffee roasting company? No? More on that in another post. As I got ready to leave […]
Sometimes words escape me. Maybe my day is on “autopilot”, maybe I’m too preoccupied with life to spend time deep in thought, or maybe, on the rare occasion, my mind is quieted for whatever reason. I’ve been working on being more aware of when and why I feel this way, and sometimes, like right now, […]
For as long as I can remember biking has always been a big part of my life. I haven’t gone biking in a little while, but looking back I can remember how much it means to me. I didn’t get my drivers license till I was 23 years old, and until that point I either […]