In 2013, I wrote a song called “Nothing Comes Easy.” I was in a different season of life — still fighting, still grinding, still trying to figure out what the next chapter was supposed to look like. I sat down with a guitar and wrote what I was feeling. Recently, I ran that old recording … Continue reading Nothing Comes Easy
Passion Is Not a North Star
I just finished Cal Newport’s So Good They Can’t Ignore You. His thesis is that passion follows mastery — you don’t find your dream job by following your heart, you build it by getting so good at something valuable that opportunities find you. He profiles people who spent years developing rare skills before the work … Continue reading Passion Is Not a North Star
The Estate Sale
One of our favorite things to do as a family is go to estate sales. We’ve been doing it for years. Walk through our house and you’ll see the evidence — furniture, quilts, cookware, books, decorations. There’s no shortage of things we’ve found in other people’s homes that have become part of ours. What I’ve … Continue reading The Estate Sale
Music Never Dies
I did something today that I haven’t done in a very long time. I played. I stumbled across a music AI service called Suno, and on a whim, I uploaded a couple of songs I wrote a long time ago. Raw recordings. Just me and a guitar and whatever I had back then. One of … Continue reading Music Never Dies
Nothing Comes Easy
Some days you grind. Some days you rest so you can grind again tomorrow. Today was a good day — Bible study before the sun came up, a walk at lunch, finished Cal Newport’s So Good They Can’t Ignore You, all in all a good day. But tonight I’m keeping it short. The tank is … Continue reading Nothing Comes Easy
