an idealist who's excited by change
things i'm currently doing
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- building the a more energized tomorrow @ voltra
- creating and fostering community with socratica
- writing about anything and everything i feel like
- tring to understand the world around us by building sam
- training for a half-ironman
things i've done
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- co-founded a (now sunsetted) modular espresso machine startup
- graduate from uw
- built in public with makers collective
- worked on ai policy, ops, finance, and sales
- finished a triathlon with 0 training
- set boulders at my local climbing gym
- probably some other cool stuff i am forgetting
things i'll do
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- travel to every continent
- build a custom mechanical keyboard from scratch
- a full ironman (at some point)
- get as many tattoos as years ive been alive (currently 9/23)
- some other cool shit that i havent thought of yet but ill add here eventually
things i believe in
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- you can learn something that will make your life better from every single person you interact with
- failing & failing & failing & failing & failing & failing & failing & failing
- spending at least an hour outside and making it non-negotiable - truely life-changing
- that believing in someone and supporting their goals is one of the highest "emotional ROI activities" you can do
- doing stupid shit is often the best way to learn
- creative abbrasion
- ikigai - your purpose is intersection of what the world neds, what you're good at, what you can get paid for, and what you enjoy
a non-complete list of small appreciations
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- the smell and ambiance of the air after a rain
- timing a traffic light so you dont have to slow down
- meeting someone and realizing you are only 1 degree of separation apart
- the color green
- a shot of espresso from lucero
- the faint glow of a neon sign though a thick fog
- opening a book to the exact page you were on
- 6am walks
- reminiscing (but not getting caught up) on the way life has changed and evolved
- dogs & cats
