Articles categorized as Lifestyle Design

Hiking in the Coulees with my dog

A past boss of mine once said to my wife, “I spend more waking hours with your husband than you do.” At that moment, I realized, even though the statement wasn’t entirely true, the amount of time I spent away from the most important person in my life was shocking. Let’s do the math, for further […]

Curtains & Code

I’m about to make a bold statement (no pun intended). Every aspiring actor must learn how to code. Why? For many great reasons. But first, let me explain what I mean by learning “how to code”: There are many computer languages one can learn, but I am speaking specifically about HTML, CSS & jQuery. They […]

Outlandish Goals

Hiking in Newfoundland. Photo by Laura Hussey of Ash & Vine Photography

Life is amazing. You get only one, and it’s essentially up to you what you want to do with it. There was a moment in late 2012 when I truly realized how profound that statement was, and I began questioning things. Steve Jobs once said, For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and […]

6-month Spanish progress

Well, it’s been just over six months since I began learning Spanish and decided I want to become “fluent” in the language. How have I done, you may wonder — well, given that fluency is a completely relative term, I’d say I’ve roughly achieved my goal. Within six months, I’ve been able to learn well […]