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Oct 17

The past 30 days have been the most emotional, thankful, and humbling i’ve ever encountered in my 30 years of life.

We should probably start there. I turned 30… actually - ill just summarize in a list. I do this all the time in my notebooks that I write in. I make lists and then cross them off. I never read them again, but maybe one day.

This list is different. They are not all good things. People leaving, or creating content, or throwing a show - are all massive things that swing your emotions and push you to your limits; regardless how ‘small’ they are to the real world. And for all the below, I’m truly thankful.

I turned 30 October 2nd
I became an uncle on September 25th
I threw a solo art exhibition for my friends and family Oct 1 - 2nd
I had two major projects I designed at work come out (Reebok / Burton)
I had an employee on my team at work resign due to career advancement opportunity
I recorded 4 episodes of my podcast, made tiktok/instagram/twitter/youtube content
I made custom t-shirts and got to witness the process behind it
I painted and finalized 4 works of art

and I’ve been completely burnt out for the past 10 days.

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In moments like these, I really tend to gravitate towards time alone, where I dont really enjoy peoples company and need time to reset. Time to think and just re-evaluate my priorities.

Theres a great line in a song by Linkin Park that Mike Shinoda sings and it goes…

“ The hardest part of ending, is starting again”

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Over the next 2 months im going to be: