🔎 In Focus
🔎 In Focus: Xi Bago, Part 2
Part 2 of the In Focus interview with barista Xi Bago. We talk about service dog training, spirituality, and being the sacrificial competitor.
🔎 In Focus
🔎 In Focus: Xi Bago
Longtime coffee professional Xi Bago shares what their journey has been like in coffee as a career barista. We also chat about mental health and their dog food side hustle.
Creative entrepreneurship comes with a hefty dose of imposter syndrome & loneliness
The pains of working by yourself, for yourself
Do you color outside the lines?
Getting used to the feeling of imperfection
Warning letter: Your job performance
A formal letter to my brain
Photo Essay: Columbus, Atlanta, Savannah
Some shots from my recent trip
There is some beauty in starting over
Wrestling with starting over instead of using what I already have
Traveling with intent
A counter to the viral article that tried to make a case against travel
The grass is sometimes greener on the other digital side
Some early thoughts on Threads and Bluesky
A reintroduction
Introducing myself and a refreshed tanjennts
Photo missive from Porto, Portugal
An update in photos from my first day in Porto.
Don't write for others
First, write for yourself. Then, write for others (if you want).