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Personal essays, project notes, and useful lessons from work, technology, family, and life.
Truth & Accountability
For most of my life, silence felt like losing. If somebody said something about you and you did not respond, they won. If somebody accused you of something…
Growth & Rebuilding
There are two versions of myself I have spent a lot of my life trying not to become. The first is the young man I used to be.…
Truth & Accountability
I have always had a hard time accepting something simply because somebody said it confidently. Maybe that is just the way my mind works. Maybe it comes from…
Fatherhood & Family
Let kids be kids. It sounds simple. Maybe it should be. But I think adults forget sometimes how much weight a child can carry without ever having the…
Truth & Accountability
For a long time, I thought accountability was mostly about consequences. You do something wrong. You get caught. You admit it. You deal with whatever comes next. That…
Truth & Accountability
I can accept being disliked for something I actually did. That does not mean it feels good. Consequences can hurt. Knowing somebody is angry with you can hurt.…
Fatherhood & Family
I think a lot of people believe becoming a parent automatically earns them the title. You have a child, so now you are a mother. You have a…
Truth & Accountability
There are few things more frustrating than telling the truth and realizing it is not enough. You can explain yourself. You can show proof. You can scream until…
Writing & Reflection
I believe talking is one of the best ways to process almost anything. Sometimes your mind is moving so fast that you cannot even tell what you actually…
Writing & Reflection
Author’s Note A little while after I started publishing these blogs, I came across an email I had missed. Someone had read my first post after it was…