My World, My Words

Much like 2020 and 2021, I write to you in a state of exhaustion; however, while 2020 and 2021's collective exhaustion was a malaise-ind...

I should probably open with complete transparency and admit (to whoever may be reading this) that my desire to engage in this annual exercis...

As I compose this post (with nearly 13 years of experience in the field and a doctoral degree to my name), I cannot help but think abou...

Let me start by admitting that I didn't see this year coming but I refuse to use the word unprecedented at any point in this post beyon...

2020 has been weird. We all know it. I don't have a long list of all these cool experiences this year because most days the only excit...

I didn’t stray from the path. Not this time. In fact, I had such intense focus I likely missed some opportunities along the way. Yet, all...

As I sit here in the very same room at the very same desk I wrote a similar post 10 years ago, I am filled with conflicting feelings regardi...

One of the benefits to maintaining this blog is the ability to look back at seasons of my life of great growth and progress or, conversely, ...

As has been the norm this decade, this is less thoughtful counterpart to my Year in Review post in which I list a bunch of things which were...

Note from Jakob: Sorry, I did not link to Spotify. If any of these interest you, I'll create a playlist or something. For one reason...