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2024 Yearly Theme

December 27, 2023

2023 was a year filled with changes that were mostly unexpected. It felt like five years condensed into one. Even though most of the changes were good (or at least...

2023 Retrospective

December 26, 2023

As I was re-reading my 2023 yearly theme post, it became exceedingly clear to me that 2023 wasn’t the year I expected it to be… at all.

2023 Yearly Theme

January 03, 2023

For the past two years, I’ve published blog posts on this site that outline my goals for the new year (2021 and 2022). And in neither case did I actually...

Books

Some of the books I've read. The title links to that book's review (assuming I reviewed that specific book). Only books rated 5/5 are listed below — see the full list here.

Title Author
Kitchen Confidential Anthony Bourdain
The Mom Test Rob Fitzpatrick
This is Going to Hurt Adam Kay
Permanent Record Edward Snowden
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson
The Stranger Albert Camus
On Writing Stephen King
A Guide to the Good Life Michael B. Irvine
Shoe Dog Phil Knight

Poems

Some poems I've written. See all of my poems here.

Memento Poetica

A collection of my favorite poetry. See all of my favorite poems here.