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The Journal

7 entries

Life

Notes on slowing down and paying attention.

Life What Twin Toddlers Taught Me About Incident Response Two toddlers, two simultaneous emergencies, one paper towel. Turns out years of on-call duty were just training for the living room. November 11, 2026

Life Things I’m Finally Giving Myself Permission to Do at 44 For my 44th birthday, I’m giving myself permission to enjoy things without monetizing them, need a little time alone, and stop postponing every good moment until life is sorted. Also, to use as many reminders as my brain damn well needs. Oct 23, 2026
Life Ten Ways to Catch Up With Old Friends After discovering thousands of old photographs, I started reconnecting with friends I hadn't spoken to in decades. From high school memories to random text messages, here are ten funny, simple ways to reconnect with the people who helped shape your life. Oct 10, 2026
Life I Have 47 Hobbies and I'm Bad at All of Them I have approximately 47 hobbies, most of which began with a YouTube video and ended with an Amazon delivery. At 43, I'm starting to wonder whether constantly discovering new interests is actually a problem, or the best part of being alive. Oct 9, 2026
Life I've Reached the Age Where I Understand Why Villains Want to Destroy the World At 43, I'm starting to understand why movie villains get so frustrated with humanity. Between insurance companies, automated phone systems, international diplomacy, and printers that refuse to work, the appeal of an underground volcano headquarters is becoming increasingly obvious. Oct 8, 2026
Life I’m 43. I Still Don’t Know What I Want to Be When I Grow Up. I'm 43 with a career, wife, kids, house, and opinions about HVAC systems. By every reasonable measure, I'm grown up. I still don't know what I want to be, and I'm starting to think that's exactly how adulthood should work. Oct 6, 2026
Life My Real Estate Professor Is an AI, and Her University Is Questionable at Best My AI professor turned real estate school into a questionable university filled with recurring characters, ridiculous scenarios, and Cousin Fucking Larry. Somehow, between the jokes and profanity, I’m actually learning something about how education works best when it adapts to you. Oct 2, 2026