Smiles, miles, and memories – my journal of training and racing around the world
After being flogged at work and school for about six weeks straight, I was able to score a week or so off to hit up the slopes in Japan. It was my first international trip since I left LA, and my first trip to Japan, and it was awesome! The groomed beginner runs were challenging …
I came across a saying the other week: "What you seek is seeking you." There was a certain peace and comfort that I found in that phrase. For as long as I remember, I've been looking and seeking for a lot: I've been looking for a life of accomplishment, things worthy of my pursuit, and …
There was a time in my life when I was enrolled in one of those 3-month programming schools. Right before I dropped out to take a full-time design job with Amazon, Jared Tame, my mentor at Bloc, shared this golden nugget with me: "You only get to be a beginner once." I've thought quite a …
Well before I resume the hustle bustle of the workweek, I like to take a short bit of time to reflect on the things I've done, and the time that I've spent. They say that what you spent your New Years Day doing is you'll spend your new year doing. I wonder if they are …
Ladies and gents, I am so happy right now. Like, bursting at the seams happy. So, finally after many months/years of this weird mental game of being scared of clipping in, I decided to give it a go again. And guess what? I did it! I'm still in one piece! It might sound kind of …
