Category Archives: Lifestyle

The last year or so, I struggled with the concept of monetizing my writing and photography hobbies in a more direct way. It had been my original plan to share on social media and then use social media as a pull for sales of books, posters, prints, and more. As social media felt more andContinue reading “Play versus Performance”

It is important to examine your “why”, to make sure you know it and your actions align to it. I have identified numerous “why’s” and think I may have come across another. I write to deepen my knowledge of self. I share in order to let that self be known. I photograph to memorialize beauty.Continue reading “Why I Craft”

I am trying to lean into the concept of iteration. As the new year begins, I am looking into my habits, my rituals, and my projects. Sometimes, I get caught in the planning phase – how exactly does my morning ritual need to flow, what are the details of my writing ritual and so on.Continue reading “Iteration”

Write the vision and make it plain… Habakkuk 2:2 NKJV I have been putting detailed plans to paper for quite some time now. Every year since at least undergrad, even every quarter now, to stay aligned. I have been journalling and making plans on paper longer, so long that sometimes I forget its power. IContinue reading “Pen Power”

Lately our culture has a lot of conversation on generational things – breaking generational curses, generational healing, generational wealth. I found my mind wandering into the last topic of generational wealth, wondering how someone of traditional means taps into this in a real way. Many often think of generational wealth as being a lump sum,Continue reading “Passing Down Through Tradition”

Ritual, when coupled with beauty, makes for a very adequate mooring. Cole Arthur Riley, Black Liturgies We are creatures of habit. I was first told this statement in a sixth grade science class. Since then, I have come to see its truth over and over again within myself. I go the same places, repeat certainContinue reading “Refining Rituals”

Creating the life you want. We often have a laundry list of things we hope for in our lives and then all the grievances for them not manifesting. So, what is the gap that is holding us back? Perhaps examining what we’ve made room for in our lives will show us why these things weContinue reading “Make Room”