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At the beginning of May, a dear friend passed away and it has effected me more deeply than I could have imagined. David introduced me to Roy shortly after I moved to New York City in 1998. I had just started working in publishing and he had been in the industry for many years. He was somewhat of a mentor and able to help guide me as a young professional experiencing the corporate world for the first time. We developed a friendship and would talk a couple times a month about work, life, and anything else. This continued well after...

Don't be afraid to try something new, you never know where it will lead. Full stop. End of post. But seriously, when I think back to where I am now, much of my life has been directed by following my interests and curiosity. I was thinking about this back in April while I was taking an hour long drive to pick up a package of 10,000 bees. I know people who are beekeepers, I've helped harvest honey, and love reading about the life of bees. This is my first attempt at managing a hive on my own. It's exciting, and...

Last year, I posted once a week. It was an experiment to see if I could keep the posts going. While I succeeded, it's become increasingly hard to think of things I want to write about. I have also found many of the topics focused on dealing with the struggle to stay motivated and push through difficult times. Now I am finding it difficult to write these posts.  So I am going to post when I have something I want to say, and not make it about frequency. Better to have quality over quantity. Also, this winter has been busy in ways I...

Recently I've been having self-doubt about some of my skills because I don't always know what things and processes are called. When I catch myself worrying about it and questioning myself, I remember my early days of web development. I did not go to school for programming, I had an interest and started to play around with html and stylesheets. But I didn't always know what a process or piece of code was called. When I went on interviews, I would be asked technical questions I couldn't answer, but if you gave me a task or problem to fix, I...

The other day I was thinking about the first pottery class I took, which to be honest, wasn't so much a class as it was a bunch of people hanging out after work. I didn't stay at that studio for long. Anyways, as part of the class, you could signup for studio time to practice. I remember the studio monitor approaching me to ask what I was working on. "I'm making a teapot." He scowled and told me I couldn't make a teapot because I was a beginner and they are an advanced project. I don't remember how I responded,...