7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 29 I've been calling promoting my creative work a foreign country. A place I don't speak the language, don't know the customs, don't belong. I've been treating it like something that requires a translator or a guide just to survive. That's the wrong metaphor. And the wrong metaphor was … Continue reading Undiscovered Territory
Thirty Years
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 28 I drove three hours tonight to my thirty-year high school reunion, spent three hours there, and drove three hours home. Nine hours for one evening. It was worth every mile. Some people looked exactly the same. Some were unrecognizable. I walked up to one guy and said, honestly, … Continue reading Thirty Years
The Wildest Dream
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 27 I spent two hours today digging post holes and pouring concrete for clothesline T-posts in the backyard. My wife wanted clotheslines. So I dug. That was my exercise today. It wasn't the gym. It wasn't a walk with a voice recorder. It was Oklahoma dirt and a post-hole … Continue reading The Wildest Dream
Data Is Communication
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 26 I had a conversation today that connected twenty years of my career to the thing everyone's trying to figure out right now. I work in data management. I've spent two decades as the person who sits between business teams and technical teams, translating what one side needs into … Continue reading Data Is Communication
The Joining Tables Moment
7-40 Challenge | Round 4, Day 25 My freshman year of college, I convinced myself I couldn't handle music theory. I had the brain for it. I just didn't believe I did. So I enrolled in fundamentals instead — the kiddie pool — while my entire cohort moved ahead into the real coursework. I never … Continue reading The Joining Tables Moment
