I’m sitting in John Wayne Airport, waiting for my flight, reflecting on my first faculty summit and commencement ceremony with the University of Massachusetts Global. And honestly? My cup is full again. Not performatively full. Not temporarily inspired. But genuinely, deeply refilled in a way I haven’t felt in a long time. Why We Do This Work … More Refilled
Something feels off lately… Not catastrophically off. Not broken. Just… misaligned in a way that’s difficult to articulate. The kind of feeling that sits quietly beneath the surface of otherwise good days. I find myself feeling connected and disconnected at the same time. And maybe that contradiction is more common than we admit. Friendship in … More Connected, Yet Somehow Disconnected
This past week didn’t go according to plan. Both my wife, Alison, and I have been sick—and not the kind of sick that knocks you out completely, but the lingering kind. The kind that sits just beneath the surface. Enough to slow you down. Enough to make even simple things feel heavier than they should. And … More Slowing Down When You Don’t Have a Choice
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