Finding Joy

On a quest to find what brings me joy

🔎 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.