Inspired by Derek Sivers, here’s what I’m doing now…
Updated May 11, 2026.
Exploration / Prospecting
I’m taking some time to explore what might be next for my ‘work.’
I have several responsibilities: property management, personal projects, consulting gigs, and being the primary parent to 3 teenage boys.
I’m lucky to be in a little ‘in-between’ period in my life where I have some time to figure out what I really enjoy doing and literally figuring out what will get me out of bed in the mornings.
Our own family ‘cloud’ solutions
I love technology. Even more, I love learning about technology and creative ways to use it.
It’s not immensely creative, but I’ve built a little homelab where I self-host a myriad of things.
Instead of paying Google or Apple or Microsoft or Dropbox monthly to store our photos, videos, and other files – I have my own computer with external hard drives that keep backups of things on our phones and computers. It’s like our own personal cloud, and it’s awesome.
I’m also hosting our own password manager, a few websites, a workflow automation tool, and various other things I’m tinkering with. It’s so much fun.
DirectCareTools
It’s not live yet, but I’m working on a site to help more physicians start Direct Primary Care practices, or help current ones grow.
This site is the culmination of what I’ve learned over the past 12 years combined with what I love right now – solving problems and learning new things.
This is also a venture outside of my comfort zone, as I’ve mostly built sites in plain HTML / CSS / Javascript or WordPress. I’m building the main website using a static site generator, and then using a combination of AI tools to build some apps connected to the site. I love the process.
What’s hardest? Writing. I haven’t had a habit of writing in my life, so the process of sitting, focusing, crafting words, and hitting publish is hard. My wife has that discipline and is an amazing writer. I hope she passes that onto our boys, and me someday.
Growing with my boys and my life partner
I have 3 teenage boys, and with a wife in residency I have become the primary parent – at least the one that does most of the errand-running, sports-practice rides, and other things.
Parenting is hard, but in the best way possible. It’s hard to see your children struggle, suffer, and deal with life, but it’s also beautiful and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.
I love the men that my boys are becoming.
Racquetball
I’m sad racquetball is a dying sport. It’s so fun. It’s been the one thing in my life since 2021 that’s helped keep me sane, and in a little better shape. My goal is to get good enough to play in the open division at tournaments. I’m guessing another year or two, although time/aging is against me.
There are few sports where you can hit something as hard as you can without much consequence. I love this sport and hope to play it until I’m in my 80s or 90s.