Showing Up
NOVEMBER 2023 – Success and showing up. The correlation between the two is hard to ignore. Even when we’re not at our ‘best’, simply making an attempt to rise to the challenge builds character and allows for the potential of … Continued
Once Upon A Time
OCTOBER 2023 – People love a good story. Whether recounting a favorite memory, watching a cinematic masterpiece, devouring the latest best-selling novel, or telling a bedtime story to your kids, stories are significant touchstones in our lives. I’ve always loved … Continued
A New Reality
SEPTEMBER 2023 – Time to step things up, summer vacation season is over. The pull of a new academic year never fails to bring clarity and an existential dread of sorts. Grab your number 2 pencils, pens, trapper keeper, and … Continued
The Water’s Edge
JULY 2023 – Stepping up takes on many forms. Maybe it means confronting a challenge that you’ve been putting off or going that extra mile to make certain that everything works out with your current objective. When you are faced … Continued
Next Chapter
JUNE 2023 – Next chapters are always exciting. The thrill of the unknown, feeling the vitality of a new direction as it’s momentum begins taking hold, and slowly discovering what it has to offer. In writing, as in life, it … Continued
Scholarly Reflections
MAY 2023 – Completed my planning and design studies this month, capping off several years of efforts to professionally broaden my knowledge base and enhance my residential design skills. The experience has been fruitful and helped to push me further … Continued
Unwinding the Beginning
APRIL 2023 – Complicated problems are at the heart of innovation. And the world is ripe with opportunities to innovate. But it is often hard to know where to begin, as it can be a tangled mess to get to … Continued
In the Studio
MARCH 2023 – Growing up, all you had to do was give me a pencil, an eraser, and some paper and the creativity would just pour out. Working in the design studio has shades of that, but in a much … Continued
Undisturbed
FEBRUARY 2023 – World continues to turn, even in those quiet moments when everything seems so still and meditative. Our experience of time is often so uneven, weeks that feel like months, hours that feel like seconds. I recently re-watched … Continued
