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The Weight of the World
I went hiking in Southern Indiana with a few friends last week. It was a hilarious and delightful experience that required frequent breaks for selfies, videos of us crossing the same creek three times in our bare feet, and conversations about the absurdity of hiking in mud. The laughter was frequent and the nature was…
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I Can Go the Distance
I grew up in the outskirts of nowhere. My parents live on a hill in the woods in Central New York, relatively tucked away from civilization. If I wanted to go to a friend’s house growing up, my mom drove me 30 minutes into town. If I had to get my braces tightened, we drove…
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The Daily Grind
In my freshman year of college, my creative writing professor made us keep a writing journal and share it with another classmate every week. It was supposed to help us write down ideas, memories, phrases, basically to keep an account of our lives and thoughts so we could later write about them. I loved doing…
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A Birthday Secret
I’m coming up on a birthday and I have decided to share an incredible secret with you. Are you ready? You don’t look ready. You should be on the edge of your seat. No, not like that. Ugh, whatever. Here it is: I have no idea what I’m doing. That’s it. That’s the secret. For…
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Why Can’t Life Be Simple?
I recently took a new job, and by taking that job I moved from a Google and Apple organization to a PC and Outlook organization. I find this very distressing. Some context: My family got our first computer when I was four or five – a Macintosh Classic. I absolutely loved it, and my sister…
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Lather, Rinse, Repeat
Okay, so overall my new job is going well. But the past week or two I’ve been feeling like my life is akin to the directions on a shampoo bottle. Get up, go to the gym, go to work, come home, eat dinner, pack lunch, set the coffee pot, stretch, read my Bible, and go…