Inspired by Derek Siver's 'What am I doing now page.'
Last Updated: April 11, 2025
Life's Anxiety
- Daily battles with ADHD.
- Allergy season in North Carolina. Pollen is everywhere and my back yard is overgrown (Weeds to my kneecap).
- Trying to watch less news.
Primary Focus and Tension
- Becoming a better storyteller.
- Learning Design. I'm knee deep in Japanese Designers a.t.m. (Oki Sato, Riken Yamamoto to name two)
Slowly building a men's lifestyle publication & design studio. I’m the tortoise, not the hare. Got all the time in the world...
Step 1
Defining my why, identity, and beliefs.
Communicating those beliefs through content.
Building a community and culture of like-minded ones.
I’ll be basking here for a while.
To Do
Music
Group Sing-a-thon. Meeting up with the good folks at Choir! Choir! Choir! I need this experience. An opportunity to sing Hallelujah with 999 other people.
Arias - Two specific performances on my list The Magic Flute and Lacrimosa by Mozart. Two of the most beautiful compositions I've every heard.
Learning
Lifestyle design (Yes a term I made up. Since teenage years I wanted to design fashion but the term *air quotes “fashion designer”* is too one dimensional. I envision a multifaceted modern man who dresses well, lives well, speaks well, acts well, while doing amazing and interesting things. Fashion alone is meh! we need more finished articles.)
Deiter Rams - His philosophy
Personal Knowledge Management (Deep deep rabbit hole)
Storytelling
AI Agents
Current Location
Greensboro NC 36.0726° N, 79.7915° W
Next trips
🇯🇵, 🇮🇹,🇬🇧,🇫🇷
- Looking to buy a statement piece leather jacket. Maybe this Varanne by Shangri La Heritage. Or this Lewis Leathers Lightning No. 402. I’d have to detour up to London from either Milan or Paris if I go with the Lewis Leathers.
- My boy Mike and his wife are spending April in Rome. I might meet him there to film an episode on his Bourbon Abroad podcast.
Reading
The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness - by Robert Waldinger
Sula: Novel by Toni Morrison
Next up:
Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing, Including You; Embracing Life’s Instability with Rugged Flexibility―a Practical Model for Resilience - By Brad Stulberg
The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life - by Mike Rucker
This is Strategy: Make Better Plans - by Seth Godin
Unmistakable: Why Only Is Better Than Best - by Srinivas Rao
Neverwhere: By Neil Gaiman (Started this book two years ago, still haven’t finished it.
The Big SHABANG Move
Moving back to The Big Apple. Deciding between…
- Hells Kitchen (Where mom is from)
- Financial District
- Lower East Side (East Village)
Rocking to
Otherwise
Working on Blaak Museum, ManyFace or tackling client work.
Now page inspired by Scott Boms by way of Derek Sivers.