This weekend I celebrated my 39th birthday and took some time to reflect upon my life to remember the moments (both good and bad) that brought me to this point. I realize a lot of wonderful things can be packed into 39 years…a lot of smiles and a fair share of tears, yet I do […]

This past weekend I found myself online looking for marathons in the Seattle area in September. It wasn’t until I scrolled through a few results that I realized something: I’m a runner. You’re probably wondering what’s so weird about that. Well, I started off in November with a goal of running the Seattle Rock-n-Roll Half-Marathon […]

Have you ever thought about taking a sabbatical or career break to travel, pursue a passion, or just have a life for a change? Most of us do, but so few ever get there because we just don’t know how to do it. What if you could meet people who have done it and returned […]

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” - George Bernard Shaw Why don’t we question more things in our lives? Most of us tend to take on the beliefs and ideas of how to live our lives from our family and the environment we grow up in. However, without questioning it seems […]

Think back to your first big romance, your first solo road trip, or even a special memory with family or friends. What do all these events have in common? Music. For most of us, music plays the same role in our lives that it plays in movies; it narrates, sets the mood, and indicates what […]