By my mid-thirties I experienced many of the life events people encounter over a lifetime: parents passing, divorce, career pivots, healing, and some of the best days of my life traveling the world.

I built this site because I kept hearing from friends, colleagues, and strangers they felt uncertain or overwhelmed about the direction of their lives despite having lives which looked polished from the outside.

I want to show by example it is possible to build a life in alignment with your dreams and values. A life you are proud to live. A life you wake up excited to live everyday.

You want to work together professionally. You are curious about my memoir or Substack. You are navigating something — a career pivot, a hard season, a decision that keeps you up at night — and something here resonated. You want to talk about walking the Camino or solo travel. You have a book recommendation. You simply want to say hello.

Honest, thorough, and warmer than you might expect from someone with a spreadsheet for everything.

I bring a licensed architect's eye for detail and more than a decade of large-scale project and program management experience alongside an MBA. In practice this means I ask a lot of questions before I offer solutions, I can process the big picture and all of the details at the same time, and I do not disappear when things get complicated. I am most useful to people who want a collaborator who will tell them the truth about the project, the timeline, the budget, and occasionally the decision they are about to make.

On a more personal level, people often tell me I help them feel less alone in whatever they are carrying. I think this comes from having carried a fair amount myself. I do not offer easy answers; I show up consistently, I listen well, and I believe deeply that hard things are survivable and a good life is buildable at any age, in any season.

Architecture, writing, walking, coaching, and building a website, for example, are not separate priorities competing for my attention. They are different expressions of curiosity. I have learned a full life is not the same as a scattered one.

Yes! I am a licensed architect in Florida and I am returning to active practice after a season of intentional growth pursuing an MBA and providing executive leadership at a Fortune 20 company. A link to my portfolio can be found on the Design page and my professional website launches summer 2026.

Tell Me Something True is a weekly Sunday reflection on living with intention through ritual, creativity, curiosity, and a return to wonder. Each week I write about what unfolded in my life and what I believe about it now. Over time I have learned clarity comes from honesty, and I return to a simple question: what was true for you this week? You can subscribe from the homepage.

It is in progress! Editing is currently underway, with my goal being a rough draft ready to submit for publishing late winter 2026. When it is ready, this site and the Substack will be the first place you hear about it.

It truly did not feel like 500 miles. It felt more like a daily walk around the block. I didn’t count down miles or hours each day, even when my feet really hurt or I had blisters. Those are, to date, the best days of my life. If you are curious about walking it yourself, there is a section of Camino books on the Travel page in the Europe section.

Until the age of 18 I traveled with one or both of my parents. I became a solo traveler during undergrad and I would not trade it.

Solo travel taught me to pay attention differently, to trust myself in unfamiliar places, and to be genuinely present without the comfort of someone familiar beside me. Walking the Camino began intentionally as a solo journey and I arrived in Santiago a month later with a dozen others I call my Camino family. I met up with two friends from the Camino to walk the West Highland Way in Scotland, although my journey abroad and home was solo.

I travel solo out of necessity, because often others do not want to spend their vacation walking 500 miles, sleeping in hostels, or waking up in a new city everyday. I regularly invite friends on my trips and I understand when they decline to relax by the pool.

I love this question because everything you do now should be pointing somewhere. I want to design a couple of houses a year, own and run a bed and breakfast, take two to four trips abroad annually, write books for adults and children, serve as a mentor, take care of my mind and body through daily movement, and offer life coaching to help people reach their own dreams.

In summary, my retirement looks exactly like how I spend my time today. I believe in pursuing what matters most to you now and not saving it for someday. I try hard each day to have my actions match my words. The life you want is not a reward waiting at the end. It is something you build on purpose, one intentional decision at a time. That is what this site is about.

What do you want to do when you retire? If you do not have an answer yet, you are in the right place.

This is my favorite question to ask everyone I meet. In the summer of 2022, I had the remarkable opportunity to ask Bill Ford — yes, that Bill Ford — while completing an internship at Ford Motor Company.

I am most proud of earning my license as an architect.

I wanted to be an architect when I was three years old, long before I knew what the word meant or could pronounce it. It took twenty-five years to get there. At times it took real grit to stay focused: eighteen months of studying mornings, nights, and weekends to pass twenty-four hours of licensing exams. When the NCARB and AIA certificates arrived in the mail, I framed them and hung them on my wall. That moment remains among the most gratifying of my life.

I am proud of this both personally and professionally, though for me, those are not separate things. My personal life and professional life are deeply intertwined, and I cannot imagine living any other way.