As I looked across the room of first-year college students, I wondered which parts of my story would be relevant to share. I was asked to come and Continue Reading
Water in the Floorboard
If you’ve been reading these weekly articles, you’ve likely noticed the last few weeks have been a little morose. I’ve felt like a frayed nerve lately Continue Reading
Failing Forward
I’m not some self-help guy, but I want to share something that’s helped shape my perspective lately: just because you’ve failed doesn’t make you a Continue Reading
Exponential Apathy
You could say it’s been an eventful season for our political circus. Emotions have been stirred on all sides for one reason or another. Yet, I feel Continue Reading
You Look Happy
“You look happy,” my mom said after watching my newest YouTube video. Last week, I wrote about wanting to get back out there and film new wildlife Continue Reading
Viper in the Hatchback
When I was eighteen years old, two friends and I drove to Columbia, South Carolina, to a reptile show. Keeping reptiles and amphibians hadn’t yet Continue Reading
Basement Dwellers
Have you ever looked at something and thought, if I adjusted it marginally, it could be awesome? Then, the next thing you know, you’re pulling at Continue Reading
I Left the Building, Not the Savior
With most things in my life, there isn’t a direct route. I find the most convoluted pathway, and then stutter-step back and forth until I eventually Continue Reading
Late and Still Here
I’m starting this week’s article thirty minutes after it was scheduled to go live. The week got away from me. Life has been doing that thing again, Continue Reading
What We Lose to Machines
The world I grew up in no longer exists. I think about that a lot. This is what being middle-aged looks like. Who knew when we were kids that we’d Continue Reading
I’ll Settle for Purpose
I wake up each morning wishing I could hurry the day up and crawl back into bed. Apathy or Armageddon be damned; I just want to sleep these days. I Continue Reading
Lost Connection
Last week, millions of Verizon customers found themselves disconnected from service and stuck in SOS mode. Initially, I didn’t think much of it when Continue Reading