Today our older son, Riley, pooped in the toilet for the very first time! He announced his need to go, walked into the bathroom like he’d been doing it his whole life, and went for it. When he was done he opened the door to the bathroom and declared, “I love going poop on the potty!” This small …
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Writing is weird and hard
So we have a new business website. It's up and running at https://minimalchaosweb.com/. It was created and launched during a 2-day intensive sprint between Christmas and New Years. Daniella took the kids up to her parents' house in Irvine while I stayed at home to work like a man possessed. In …
Week 2: Thoughts on working from home, flexibility, and my professional identity
I’ve been doing my new life for about two weeks now. It’s still pretty surreal. I know I’m not on vacation (though sometimes I need to do a quick check to remind myself), but I also don’t feel like Evan’s business partner yet. Some of that is my own doing. I requested time these first two …
Doing the important stuff
I suck at prioritization sometimes. I know this because I've had 36 years of learning the hard way. Oh, and also because Daniella told me so earlier this week. That's not to say that I don't prioritize things at all. I do. It's just that I get caught up with something that feels important in …
Marketing is Weird
How do I market our business? I want people to know about us and what we do. And hire us to do what we're best at. (Plug: it's helping service-oriented small businesses, non-profits, and solo entrepreneurs communicate effectively on the web, and you can check out our old site that needs to be …
Who’s the boss?
Am I a boss now? I'm not really sure. People we talk to seem to think that I am, but I don't really feel like one. And I'm not really comfortable with the idea of being the boss of my wife. That seems a little possessive and archaic. Throughout the tenure of our 14 year relationship, we've always …