Derek Sivers came up with the Now Page Movement. I think it's a great idea for anyone who cares about me or anyone who finds me remotely interesting or wants to know about my life.
Derek Sivers came up with the Now Page Movement. I think it's a great idea for anyone who cares about me or anyone who finds me remotely interesting or wants to know about my life.
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
Here's my now.
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I've been ticking off boxes on the "real grown things" list: marriage, homeownership, cross country move, job change. Everything is everywhere.
BondLink, a platform with a suite of products for the municipal bond market, went through two rounds of layoffs, in January 2023 and in September 2024. The first round, I took on extra responsibilities to help compensate for the reduction in workforce by becoming a hybrid product designer and product manager. I learned a ton and recognized that the hybrid role fed my interests in both the creative and the business.
Unfortunately, though, the design team was cut the second time around. So, I'm back on the job market and ready for my next mountain to climb.
I got married twice in less than two years! Stay with me now.
My wife and I were engaged, with a venue deposit made, and we get the news my grandmother's cancer was accelerating, rapidly, and care transitioned to making her comfortable. She was in FL, we were in MA, and as she told us over video chat, she cried saying that she was most upset about missing her first grandchild's wedding. After hanging up, we looked at each other and were like "let's just go to city hall and she can watch over Zoom!" Fast forward three days of rush order clothing, some flowers, marriage license, etc. and we were married. My grandparents have given me so much--like, they took me to Hawaii at age 12--that I was happy to give them that gift of being able to see a grandchild wed together. She became unconscious the next day and never woke up.
18 months later, we had our second wedding anyway since it was half planned. Both days were the best.
After the second wedding, we moved from Boston to Atlanta. After spending a year learning the city, we decided to buy. We wanted to have something as turnkey as possible. But, man. People really aren't kidding when they say that there will always, always be something to do for the house. All the sudden, I spend a good chunk of my time thinking about my grass. What?