Transition Stories
How I Changed My Life in Six Years
I divorced. Built a home. Bought a business. Remarried. Sold the home. And moved to Mérida, Mexico, where I now live for half of the year. The full origin story.
May 2026 · 12 min read
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Letters & essays.
Practical writing on transition, ownership, and building lives you don't need to escape from.
Transition Stories · Featured
The First Post: Why This Exists
Receipts, not theory. Systems, not slogans. Permission, not pressure. A note on why this blog exists — and what you'll find here.
May 2026 · 5 min read
Nervous System
When Overfunctioning Looked Like Love
A friend told me, 'For most of my life, overfunctioning looked like love.' On the quiet cost of being the strong one — and what staying connected to yourself actually looks like.
May 2026 · 6 min read
Nervous System
The Cost of Constant Overperformance
I am not asking women to abandon ambition. I am asking us to examine the cost of living in constant overperformance — and what it took for me to finally listen to my body.
May 2026 · 5 min read
Nervous System
I Am No Longer Performing Survival
On grieving the version of me that believed love had to be earned through exhaustion — and finally meeting the woman underneath the performance.
May 2026 · 7 min read
Business Ownership
Why Boring Businesses Beat Glamorous Ones
Vending, laundromats, and storage units. The unsexy math behind real ownership.
Apr 2026 · 8 min read
Geographic Freedom
What Mérida Actually Costs
An honest line-item breakdown of life in the Yucatán — rent, healthcare, groceries, and what we underestimated.
Apr 2026 · 10 min read
Nervous System
Rest Is Infrastructure, Not Reward
Why I stopped treating recovery as something I had to earn — and what changed when I did.
Mar 2026 · 6 min read
Transition Stories
The Phased Exit That Actually Works
Eighteen months from senior director to sovereign owner. The four-stage framework I used.
Mar 2026 · 9 min read
Nervous System
Soft Mornings as Strategy
Why I retired the 5am alarm — and what better decisions cost when I did.
Feb 2026 · 5 min read
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