My Ship30 cohort is coming to an end. But that doesn’t mean my writing will. Here are my rough plans for my post cohort life. Finish my Sci-Fi audiodrama podcast (Dec 2022/Spring 2023) I began adapting my sci-fi novel Cereus & Limnic into an audiodrama 2 years ago. Now I’m over half way to the finish line and…

Pain is a powerful teacher. Those years wandering the metaphorical and literal desert taught me many lessons about myself and who I wanted to be in the future. Here are some of the most memorable ones. I leaned less on external validation from friends This process began in the snowy mountain dungeon, but really took root here. With…

I got up at 315AM to attend a panel discussion online. It’s 4AM now and I’m bored. I thought about why. Then it hit me, most panel discussions are worthless. It’s people who typically have similar backgrounds and perspectives talking about a common theme. So it ends up being the same message repeated by different…

I don’t talk about it much, but I learn things fast. Very fast. I’ve taught myself Spanish from zero to fluency in about 2 years (it was good enough to get me work as a freelance medical interpreter years ago). The basics of coding I learned in 4 or 5…

July 2008 — “I sat in Vegas for a week and a half contemplating fate.” Wow. I had forgotten about this line. At the close of every year, I used to write entries in my journal called “Afterthoughts”. These were reflections of the year’s biggest events and lessons. From my…

The feeling of betrayal is what I recall the most. Upon graduating from college, I remember thinking: “This is not what they told me. I expected more.” All throughout my time as a cadet, I heard something to the effect of “you’ll forge friendships for life here”. That was the…

I’m a multihyphenate. But it’s not all Da Vinci level epiphanies and insights. Also known as a polymath, generalist, multipassionate, or Renaissance person, this (often self-appointed) label refers to a person with multiple interests who pursues the study or application of them in various ways. The truth is having multiple…

This was my first day entering the school since I turned down the long term sub position a few weeks ago. I had no idea that decision would make me a topic of hushed conversations at my school. A circumstance that helped me shake my fear of being judged by…

It was a hot place. A never ending flat expanse of golden earth made up of millions of grains of sand. Life is full of contrast. It takes paying attention to notice the swing of the pendulum. The ceaseless march of time -as we perceive it-. For me it was…