Category: the audacity of potential
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The Last Quarter
What happens when you stop planning for an abstract future and realize you’re staring down the last quarter of your life? A raw declaration on the 1,000-day journey, grad school, moving with intention, and finally putting the tools down to get home.
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The Ending to The Natural Still Sucks
For a creature of habit, picking up a book after watching the movie usually means playing the film in your head. But reading Bernard Malamud’s The Natural completely shattered that reflex, trading Robert Redford’s Norman Rockwell hero for a dark, gritty reality—and an ending that absolutely sucked.
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Three Dreams Deep: Navigating Life’s Shifting Horizons
When a simple prompt asks about your biggest dream, what happens when the answer isn’t just one thing, but three? Explore a reflective journey on chasing memories, writing a life into existence, and looking forward to what comes next.
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Keeping the Promise When You Lose It All
What’s a promise you actually kept? A simple writing prompt turns into an unexpected deep dive on losing a teaching career in South Carolina, the collapse of a marriage, and why the hardest part of the rebuild isn’t reaching the finish line—it’s getting back up after losing it all.
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Rob Reviews: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 4, episode 1 “Valles Marineris”
Mars, dinosaurs, and time travel? Dive into our real-time commentary and review of the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 4 premiere, “Valles Marineris,” exploring major franchise lore, Martian origins, and Captain Pike’s latest moral crucible.
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Battle Tested and Flying Solo 
Reflecting on the final appointment with a long-time counselor, navigating the end of an era, managing anxiety, and deciding to fly solo for a while on the road to emotional resilience.
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The TikTok Paradox: A Screen Time Confession
What app eats up most of your screen time—and do you even feel bad about it? Exploring the paradox of digital consumption, content creation, and why a daily creator chooses to lurk on TikTok.
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Burning the boats
We often keep ‘escape hatches’ in our back pockets, fearing that full commitment is a risk. Today, I’m burning the boats. From grad school applications to choosing a new path in my relationship, I’m exploring what it means to stop bargaining with the past and finally go all-in on the…
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Why I’d Erase Tattoos From History
Are tattoos still a sign of rebellion, or have they become the ultimate act of conformity? At 52, I’ve never gone under the needle, and I’m exploring why my commitment-phobia might actually be a sign of respect for my own personal evolution. From the “fringe” to the mainstream, join me…
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Rob on… Canadian wildfires 
Smoke-choked skies in Detroit have me questioning our “new normal.” Why are we just now seeing these wildfires, and can we fix our broken fire policies?