I have been exploring the concept of home. What makes a place or a person feel like home? Is San Francisco my home? San Francisco is technically my home because I was born here and it’s where my family lives. Other than that, there’s nothing that makes me feel like San Francisco is home to ... read more >
Here we are in June, and I am still wondering why my year of yes hasn't been very dramatic, and why I haven't said yes to anything major. I have a theory. In the Bible, when the children of Israel are about to enter the Promised Land, God tells Moses that he will drive out ... read more >
Every year I do what I call my 40 for whatever age I'm turning. This year is 40 for 45. For forty days, I ask myself some deep questions about what I want for the year ahead. I used to do it as a prayer exercise with Mark Batterson's Draw the Circle prayer challenge, but ... read more >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
The Fall Push is my annual period of intense focus on my goals. I have heard experts say that fall is a great time to make progress toward goals because most of us are conditioned for Back to School, and, seasonally, it feels like a time of new beginnings with the harvest. This year, I ... read more >
