authority I Don’t Want to Be an Influencer — I Want to Be an Authority Maybe it’s the algorithm. The performance. The constant need to keep showing up with polished takes and perfect timing. Maybe it’s how much of it feels like noise instead of signal.
family I Can’t Lose Another Family, So Weekends are Sacred Because weekends are where the real stuff happens, if we let it — where connection lives, where family breathes, where life, not ambition, gets to speak the loudest.
business The Schedule That’s Keeping My Second Act Alive But I do what I can, because I’m trying to build a second act that actually matters. I’m trying to be financially successful by 60. Not just for the internet. Not for clout. But for me. For my family. For the version of myself that almost gave up.
death Goodbye, Baba Her name was Baba. She was a pure white Japanese Spitz — gentle, sweet, a little clingy in the best way. She was with us for 12 years. That’s a long time to love something, and a long time to be loved so completely in return.
AI Look! I’m Using an EM Dash! Better String Me Up for Using AI! I’ve been a writer for decades. I love the em dash. I love how it punches in, how it disrupts, how it lets you break rhythm and inject a thought or change direction. It’s not AI. It’s voice. It’s craft. It’s me.
mental illness How I Lost Decades to Mental Illness and How I’m Trying to Build a Business Before 60 Yes, I was reading business books, mapping out strategies, building business plans, and planning in secret. I was learning everything I could while battling my own mind for control, hoping for the day when I could do something without being sabotaged.
Second Act Building a Business at Midnight I finish work when most people are waking up. And then I try to quick-change from “employee mode” to “founder mode.” Some days, I manage a little. Other days, I crash and burn.
AI I Co-Write With a Robot, and Somehow, It Still Feels Like Me After two decades of typing in my own voice, I let AI join the process. Here’s what surprised me, what scared me, and why I still hit ‘publish’ with pride
projects Why I Have So Many Projects (And What They Teach Me About Focus) It was 3 a.m., and I was putting the finishing touches on Deep Work Timer, my third no-code AI development project. I built the whole MVP in just seven hours.
story From Skid Row to CEO: The Journey of Joe Roberts In 1989, Joe Roberts found himself homeless on the cold and unforgiving streets of Vancouver, battling addiction and despair.
AI Your Second Act Won’t Be Handed to You — You Have to Build It Building your second act means getting your hands dirty. It means taking drastic action, trying things that might not work, learning new skills, and being willing to start small and imperfect.
AI Building Tools for Dreamers: Why AI Isn’t Replacing Creativity — It’s Supporting It I was on Bluesky the other day, and the level of hysteria around AI was breathtaking. Artists, writers, and creators were furious that AI had trained on their work, not realizing that they themselves learned by studying the work of those who came before them.
Second Act You’re Not Overwhelmed — You’re Under-Supported I’d written prolifically for so many years, but somewhere along the way, between 20-page essays and programming classes, I lost my will to write. It wasn’t that I didn’t have anything to say, it was that my voice got lost in the shuffle.
Second Act Second Chances Aren’t Given — They’re Taken For too long, I kept waiting for my life to restart itself. I thought there would be a sign, a shift, something external that would shake me awake. But the truth is, there was no sign. Just silence. And eventually, I realized nothing was going to change unless I did.
AI The Tool I Wish I Had When I Started Over at 42 For weeks, I had barely left my bed. Depression hung over me like a wet blanket. The silence in my apartment was deafening. I was sleeping too much, eating too little, and telling myself I was just “resting.” But I was unraveling.
AI You Don’t Have to Know the Whole Plan — Just the Next Step We’re told these days that we can’t start anything unless we’ve got a polished five-year plan, a business strategy, or some perfect vision. I bought into that for way too long. I held off on dreams because I thought I wasn’t ready.
AI AI Isn’t Replacing My Voice — It’s Helping Me Find It There’s this unspoken stereotype floating around the tech world: that if you’re over 50, you don’t “get it.” You’re too old to understand AI, not adaptable enough to use the tools shaping the future.
Second Act Late Bloomers Don’t Need Permission — But Here’s Mine Anyway Somewhere around 50, many of us start to believe the lie that our best years are behind us. The body aches more. The afternoon nap isn’t a luxury, it’s a survival tactic. And suddenly, those voices whispering “Great things only happen in youth” start sounding more convincing.
Second Act A Life That Took Its Time: Notes from a Late Bloomer From a young age, I was told college wasn’t meant for me. God had a different plan, and higher education would only fill my head with “worldly” ideas. If I wanted college, I’d have to betray the very beliefs I was raised on, and figure it out alone.
AI What Writing with AI Actually Looks Like I’m a writer, and I write everything I publish under my name. But here’s what you need to understand: AI is my writing partner. Research, outlining, editing, brainstorming: AI has become key to my process.
AI From Voice to Page: How AI Helped Me Remember How to Write Again After 50 Eventually, I stopped writing for fun. I stopped starting anything. I let go of entrepreneurial dreams. I abandoned Medium, Substack, even my personal journals — except for a few hastily scribbled notes.
