[Prep Season 2026] Week 5 – What’s the Alternative?
It’s Week 5 of Prep Season, and a switch has been flipped on in my brain, and I am waking up even more. It feels like someone pressed pause on my life in 2019 and has slowly lifted it as we move further into 2026. My life wasn’t exactly swinging in 2019 either, but it ... read more >
[Prep Season 2026] Week 4 Good or Bad – Who’s to say?
I feel disconnected from my environment because I don’t relate to the people around me beyond a superficial level. I realized that was because I had been looking only at my daily life here in San Francisco, and I have no deep roots of community here, and I think it’s by design. I am rediscovering ... read more >
[2026 Prep Season] Fitness and Wellness Journal
My two big goals for this month are to complete a 12-core workout challenge and to increase my step count. 16 Weeks Out Core Challenge: 12 Workouts 8-10K step challenge SF 5K? Pushing myself harder in the gym. Lacking motivation. YouTube is helping me I am back and forth on the SF 5K. It feels ... read more >
[Prep Season] Week 3 – Find Joy in the Snow
Last week, I enjoyed watching portions of the opening of President Obama’s Presidential library. Of course, Michelle Obama was the epitome of dignity, class, style, and intellect as she gave beautiful remarks in tribute to her husband. The entertainment was top-notch with appearances by Bono and the Edge, Common and John Legend, Bruce Springsteen, Christina ... read more >
Five Tips To Navigate the Void During Life Transitions
Unemployment, career transitions, life transitions, and grief change our worlds in ways so few are willing to discuss because of the uncertainty they entail. We are no longer who we were, and we are not sure who we will be. When going through a season of transition, it is tempting to put our lives on ... read more >
[Prep Season] Week 2 – Small Deposits for Big Gains
We are officially two weeks into Prep Season for the Fall Acceleration! I am now in a season that I call “The Void.” It’s a space full of uncertainty and incompleteness. I know that I have moved on from my old life, but the new life is not yet in view. In the New York ... read more >
