Two Truths and a Lie
In college, I struggled with my field of study. Every brief seemed to ask: How do we convince more people to part with their money? Sometimes it was dressed up as consulting and sometimes it was framed as meeting consumer needs, but often it felt like manufacturing Want where there had been none. Consume, consume, consume! I remember sitting with projects and feeling moral resistance I did not yet have the language for. I was drained and I hadn’t even started yet.
That is the first truth.
The second is that I still wrestle with it. It’s hard not to in a time of subscriptions, memberships, and sales promoted along with a long-weekend holiday. And every one of them just as urgent and The Best Deal Yet! I work in an industry that knows how to amplify desire. I think about that often and I try not to look away from its ugly face.
So the lie: I know exactly what I am doing or that I will never change my stance.
If building this website proves anything, it is that I am still forming and growing and understanding and deconstructing what I thought I understood. I am still asking better questions than I did a year ago or five years ago. My beliefs stretch with experience and with failure, with conversations that unsettle me, with books that challenge me and culture shifting under my feet.
I am a curious person. I am open to being wrong (albeit not gracefully). I hope I never become so certain that I stop listening. If you are looking for someone who has it all resolved, I am not that person. If you are looking for someone who is paying attention, I am.
Where I spend my time…
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Grady
HUSBAND
I married Grady in 2023 and have fell in love with him more every single day. He is funny and kind. He can make anyone in room feel welcome and included. He pushes me to be the best version of myself and how to take full advantage of the beautiful life we were given. He also taught me how to fish, so that is cool!
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Adventure
HEALY, ALASKA
I moved to Fairbanks in 2022 and I cannot imagine living anywhere else. The light changes you and the cold humbles you. The people here are powerfully themselves. Hardship demands intention and it has grounded me in what really matters. There is endless wildness and exploration.
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Mackenzie
MY BEST FRIEND
Mackenzie has shaped my life in quiet but permanent ways. She sees the world through a lens that is both honest and beautiful. She has pushed me toward a life that values meaning over aesthetic and experience over accumulation. She reminds me to be brave and soft at the same time.
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Running
Running is both my outlet and discipline. My goal for 2026 is to run 2026K (about 1,200 miles).
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An 8 oz. Latte
What I love most is what surrounds it. Coffee is a ritual and how I ground myself at the start of the day. It is shared over conversation. A café is a place to notice, to overhear, to watch people come and go.
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Matcha & Pistachio
MY KITTIES
I didn’t know I was a (crazy?) cat lady until these two.
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Walking
Walking is how I experience the world at a human scale and a human pace. It is a discipline of noticing. Walking reminds me that life is not meant to be consumed quickly.
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Reading
Books are the way I understand the world through other people’s eyes. Reading reminds me that everyone is carrying an interior world as complex as my own.
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Creating
I love to create, both in the greater sense and literally. I spend a big chunk of my time in this bubble, from creating art to creating a space for community.
BOOK RECS
“When the outcome drives the process we will only ever go where we've already been. If process drives the outcome we may not know where we're going, but we will know we want to be there.”