Atlanta has roughly a bazillion public and private pools. I’m a kid who grew up on the beach, so it was a whole different world that I did not encounter until I was an adult.

And one of the things I learned early on in my membership at Piedmont Park Aquatic Center is the existence and purpose of adult swim (not to be confused with the cable network by that name, also based in Atlanta).

You may believe, as I did, that adult swim is an opportunity for the grownups to enjoy the pool without all of those pesky kids getting in the way.

Read More

In early 2021, I was working on Instagram for a client when I came across an ad for an app that somehow gamified getting work done while also making it more zen.

Intrigued, I looked it up. The app was Sunsama, and I’ve been using it ever since. I wanted to share my experience because, though it feels strange to write a blog post that’s essentially a testimonial for a product, it feels even stranger to keep my experience to myself. No affiliate links or anything, just my honest assessment: Sunsama changed my life for the better.

Read More

I'm trying to get out a little bit more. I enjoyed game night at a friend's house recently.

I spent my first few months here in Atlanta working so hard that I hardly saw anyone. Now, with only two months left here, I'm wanting to visit with friends more often.

To do it, though, I have to remove some of the layers of routine that prevent my life from falling apart.

Read More

I find myself these days with more free time than I used to have.

I am still getting used to it. Time still feels scarce. I am accustomed to looking at the clock and feeling a sense of panic, no matter what time it is. These perceptions and habits I have with respect to time are carried over from my old life, and it’s an ongoing process to establish new ones.

Read More

I try to build my plan for each day based on a realistic expectation for what I’m going to accomplish.

Despite my good intentions, though, there are a lot of days when I have to, as David Allen calls it, “renegotiate my commitment” to myself. I have to accept that there are a bunch of tasks I’m not going to get done and shunt them all over to the next day or the next week.

Read More