Let’s Table The Metric System
If I were to say, “This topic deserves a deep and thorough conversation, so let’s table it.” Would I be …
Painting People As Evil
We often villainize others in our mind. When someone does something that hurts us, our first tendency is to think …
Glorifying The Dead
There’s an interesting paradigm I’ve noticed in human behavior. When people are alive it seems there are not enough bad …
Apathetic Goal Setting
This is less a post to create value for others as it is a fully transparent look at my current …
Why It’s Hard to Make Connections After School
When moving to a new city, especially if you have a full-time job, it can be difficult to find meaningful …
Life at a Startup: Level Twenty Five
This is Part 25 of a weekly series on my growth and development at a software startup in Austin Texas. …
What Works for People Works For Countries
“There’s always room for movement, action, and progress when people are talking to each other instead of about each other.” …
Common Population Expanders
Midland, Texas – Population Growth Rate: 4.3 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina-North Carolina St. George, Utah Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida …
The Screams of Silence
With as dramatic of a title I have you’d think this would be about something deep like the poverty across …
Change and the Seasons of Life
As the weather takes its journey (as it does every year) from warm to cool, I had overwhelming nostalgia. It’s …
Long Writing Shouldn’t Be Intimidating
I’ve been blogging daily now for just under 11 months. It’s been an extremely healthy exercise for my daily routine …
Is Christianity an American Thing?
Often the picture of a “Christian” is a white American man. We obviously understand that there are Christians out there …
Life at a Startup: Level Twenty Four
This is Part 24 of a weekly series on my growth and development at a software startup in Austin Texas. …
The Tourist, the Traveler, and the Pilgrim
What’s the difference between a tourist, traveler and a pilgrim? If you look at the dictionary definition of these words …
Reconnecting
The human mind and heart is such a peculiar thing. As I was away from my home in Austin for …
Laying the Groundwork for Good Questions
not sure questions could be considered an invention, but if they were, I would argue that they are the best …
Comuni…cation
Have you ever done something for a long period of time thinking someone likes it or wants it and then …
Just Get Something Done
There are some days that it’s late, you’re tired, and you don’t know how you are going to get your …
Falling Behind (In Friendship)
There’s a feeling many people know well from work or school. A feeling of being behind or like you’re letting …
Vacation While Working
The past week of working remotely has been the most productive week of remote work I have ever had. I’ve …
Life at a Startup: Level Twenty Three
This is Part 23 of a weekly series on my growth and development at a software startup in Austin Texas. …
The “Already Hugging You” Friend
Many are familiar with the 5 love languages. Acts of service, gifts, quality time, physical touch, and words of affirmation. …
Every Pilot Has His First Solo Flight
Have you ever realized that at one point, every pilot had to fly for the first time by himself? Every …
Late Nights and Long Talks
When you’re in a good conversation, it’s hard to stop. These often hit outside the hours you might choose. Many …
Why Never Having Enough Time Is A Beautiful Thing
People often off-handedly will say something to the effect of “we never have enough time to visit.” Sometimes they mean …
The Experiential Friend
There are many kinds of intimacy. As I’ve mentioned in recent posts, they deserve a full post or several posts …
Life at a Startup: Level Twenty Two
This is Part 22 of a weekly series on my growth and development at a software startup in Austin Texas. …
When The Expert is Out-Expertised
Nothing quite grinds my gears like being an expert, or close to expert, teaching someone else, and then coming back …
“I Can Replace You With 10 Lines of Code”
The age we live in is incredible. The title of this blog post is not far off from the truth. …
Transparency vs. Vulnerability
A question I’ve been asking a lot of my friends recently is what their take is on the difference between …