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Reflections from Japan, Part One: Searching for Peace & Simplicity In An Unemployed World

So, I'm back on the job market again. This will be the third time I have been looking for a new role since 2022, and as much as this has bruised my ego and made me think I'm the worst marketer on the planet, it seems to

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January 22, 2023Purpose & Personal Growth5 min read

Paris Thoughts vol. 2

Continuing from my previous posthttps://viewsfromamaninthe6ix.wordpress.com/2023/01/15/paris-thoughts-vol-1/, here are some ramblings from having the time to self-reflect on how 2022…

January 15, 2023Life Notes6 min read

Paris Thoughts vol. 1

The following thoughts are tidbits that came to me while on vacation this past week in Paris, France. There's no sort of order to them necessarily, but it's just commentary on life that I…

September 16, 2022Life Notes10 min read

6 Years in Los Angeles

Why hello there. I know it's been two months since I last wrote anything, and do I ever have some updates... but those will come in time. Instead, I wanted to write a reflection piece given…

July 13, 2022Life Notes8 min read

Life Lately.

I figured I'd do a bit of a check in with how things have been going lately... spoiler alert, it's been a tough year. As some know, I was laid off at the beginning of the year when the food…

June 15, 2022Work, Ambition & Unemployment4 min read

This Blog Cost Me A Job

So this is something that I debated on writing about... but I feel like it would be an injustice not to highlight the issues with what happened. This blog cost me a job opportunity last…

December 7, 2017Purpose & Personal Growth3 min read

Bigger Than Me.

I never know how to start these things... should I be witty? Serious? Use a quote? Post a song? Tell you a joke? Anyways. 2017 was a big year for me in many ways... probably too many to…

August 27, 2016Life Notes3 min read

Views from a man in the 3?

I guess I'm going to have to change my blog name - I'm moving to LA. Scared. Excited. Nervous. Curious. Anxious. Ready - these are a few of the 1,000 feelings running through my head at the…

December 30, 2015Grief & Mortality2 min read

Closing Out 2015.

I had originally thought that I wanted to cover a variety of topics for this year's blog posts... but the more I thought about it, the more I figured I should keep things concise. If there…

December 7, 2015Life Notes2 min read

Another Year.

2015 - The year I had hoped would be radically different from 2014. In some ways it was, in some ways it wasn't. As I approach my 26th spin around the sun as my good friend Nate used to say…

September 13, 2015Life Notes3 min read

Tupac Shakur.

I was trying to think of an appropriate title for this post, but it seems only fitting that the name of Tupac Shakur should imply enough importance as it is. 19 years ago today, the world…

August 7, 2015Purpose & Personal Growth4 min read

Broadening Your Horizons

So the title may be pretty vague... what am I referring to exactly? What should you be broadening? In short - anything and everything that you have the chance to. I have to admit that I have…

February 17, 2015Life Notes3 min read

The Theory of Everything

So I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to write on this blog anymore... but I've just been inspired so here it goes. If you haven't heard of The Theory of…

December 18, 2014Life Notes4 min read

Concluding 2014

I did have a third category of discussing things that I've learned from being in an advertising career for the last three years, but as I am currently an active job seeker - I will refrain…

December 16, 2014Friendship & Family4 min read

Friendship

What a year it has been for friendships... let's start with the harsh fact that I realized this year: life happens. Well that's quite a generic statement, what do you mean Tyrell? What I…

December 11, 2014Life Notes2 min read

25 Years Young (Old?)

Saturday will mark my 25th year of entering and contributing I'd like to think so, but this is sometimes questionable to this planet we call Earth. While a lot has happened in 25 years, it…

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