On Saturday, November 3rd, I was asked to speak on a “D.I.Y. & Lifestyle” Panel at Seattle YouTube Day at the Living Computers Museum an

“Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.” - Dean Acheson Look at me! It's a Sunday and here I am writing a blog! - and I've already done my chores! - and I've eaten breakfast! - and I've done some solid marketing work! - and I've planned out my month of content! What could possibly go wrong?! A lot. A lot could probably go wrong. This is what happens. I have a day like this where I feel really great and I'm checking my boxes and feeling very motivated and sec

Ok so most people don’t know this about me but at one time in my life, I really wanted to be a pilot. I wanted to fly the Blue Angels jets and be an airline pilot and travel the world by air in all the coolest new planes. This likely came from growing up in an area famous for Boeing Aircraft, and a father who was commonly hired to direct their big trade shows. My love for learning about airplanes started in the fourth grade when my teacher: Mrs. Ulrich, (who just attended my

Oh… this week I feel guilty. This is the first time in a while that I’ve done so little to produce online content. There were no vlogs, no music video, and no makeup, but at least a music history episode. “Why?” I don’t want to list excuses. Plain and simply, it wasn’t a priority this week and I chose to spend my time doing other things. These items were not only career focused but also essential to my wellness and health. I’ve been having a pretty awesome run lately but my b

So this is going to sound a little dramatic, but lately I’ve felt like I’ve “let myself go”. Sure, I’ve developed a healthy laundry and makeup brush cleaning routine and I shower plenty and I make sure to take my makeup off before bed, but I still sit for hours in front of a screen. This means I barely eat because I can’t be bothered to get food until the job’s done, then when I do it’s a huge amount and then I sit for even more hours not moving, not stretching, and not exerc

Isn’t it so often that we find ourselves giving advice to people knowing full well that we dish it out but don’t heed our own advice? I keep running into this scenario this week. I’m a big believer in changing your life at an instant when you are unhappy with something and not waiting until next week or next month to start. This mentality can most easily translate to health. Waiting until Monday to go to the gym or to start a healthy diet is a tried and tried-again method tha

So this week I had the most wonderful experience of seeing the “Game of Thrones LIVE Concert” in Seattle at Key Arena and holy s*** it was incredible!!! By far, the tightest, most well produced piece of live entertainment I have ever witnessed! Ramin Djawadi is a superstar and his soloists were such fantastic performers. I was honestly moved to tears, no joke. When the wind-player with the fierce hair started playing a Duduk, (an ancient double-reed woodwind flute made of apr

Today I finally finished re-designing my website. Over the last couple of weeks I probably spent close to 40 hours working on it, usually sacrificing sleep, food, showers, and chores. Working for myself really puts the hours I spend on my career into perspective. The longer I put off a task, it feels like money flying away, versus thinking "well at least I'm still clocked in". There's no down time when working as an entrepreneur, you're either 100% or 0%. I think I really pre

My life certainly hasn't changed dramatically or anything recently but my situation has altered a bit. I'm slowly, mentally getting used to the idea I don't have a "9-5" job anymore, and how to process having this new bit of extra time. I thought I'd share a few thoughts I've had recently... "Unemployed" Last weekend, when I had my last day at my retail job, I celebrated that evening with my best friend and I kept saying "Yay! I'm Unemployed!" - to which he replied "No you're

So I have a few minutes here and instead of just sitting with my coffee and chocolate scrolling through cruelty free products I can't afford, I thought I would update the world with my recent epiphany I experienced. A couple weeks ago I purchased an Apple TV on an impulse and I was surfing through netflix when I found a program called "The Secret". It had some short little description about the secret shared by Leonardo Da Vinci and Beethoven and Sir Isaac Newton and of cours