“Aaron, always use the right tool for the job.” Wisdom from my Dad, harshly given after I broke one of his tools – using it for some other purpose than it was designed for. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the only time he gave me this bit of advice, nor the last time I broke one of […]
It’s been nearly a decade since I packed my life into the trunk of my BMW and set course for the west coast. California, baby. It called me. I answered. We danced. Boy, did we dance… Eight years, four states, and fourteen countries later, I returned home to Columbus, OH. The final leg of the […]
There’s a saying that ‘diamonds are forever’ originally propagated by a James Bond film. My own variation of this phrase says “pressure makes the diamond” to indicate the type of force, trauma, and time required to make a stone that will last a lifetime. On a side note, I think there’s absolutely nothing special about […]
There’s a saying in the bible, which goes: “where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Growing up the church, I was used to hearing this verse. However, I never really understood the meaning behind it – until recently. I have to open this blog by remarking on what an incredible year it has been […]
“I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,” said Alice a little timidly; “but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” For years, I’ve written the above quote, taken from Alice in Wonderland, to mark the adventures I’ve had. Each time, I seemed to find some new […]
At the start of 2019, I didn’t entirely know where the year would lead me. Freshly terminated from a job in the soulless tech industry, I remember sitting in my home in Portland, wondering “What’s next?” I sat at my kitchen counter and pondered where life would lead me. It was a turbulent time, and […]
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about technology and its’ impact on human beings. Specifically, I’ve been watching the impact smartphones have on the people that use them. In the tech world, the term ‘user’ was coined to define humans who use a product. I find the term appropriate, as it’s also the term used […]
When I was younger, I wanted to grow up. The present never seemed like it was the right place for me to be, for better or for worse. At 15, I started full-time university. Every day I went to school, I was worried that somebody would discover I wasn’t ‘one of them’ and expose me […]
When I was in my early 20’s, something inside of me told me to leave Ohio. I didn’t know what the future held for me, but I decided to move to Los Angeles and embark on a new journey in life. Sometimes you hear a call that goes beyond your ability to explain. As I […]
In 2015, I made 362 orders through Amazon. Mind you, this was my number of orders – not items. It was a very rare day that went by without a notification from the leasing office that I had a package waiting for my pick-up. To my glee, I’d rush to the office and pick up my package […]