Now

This is a now page. It’s what I’d tell a friend I hadn’t seen in a year.

Last updated: March 2026

Family

Insanely busy with young kids. Enjoying family life, but there isn’t really time for DIY or the sorts of things that kept me out of trouble before. The one exception is AI and technology - curious about that year-round. Hence this blog.

Music

Taking piano lessons again. Learning scales and chords properly for the first time in my life - things I totally neglected growing up. Working through the Real Book. Currently learning “All of Me”.

As a kid, I resented piano lessons. I thought they were waypoints towards grade exams I didn’t enjoy. The pressure was partly the framing of lessons, partly self-imposed. Now I’m treating piano as a meditative activity rather than an achievement thing. Repeating scales and drills and pieces to get better for the sake of getting better - a way of spending time well rather than something that leads anywhere.

BJJ

An elbow injury has made me train a little less recently. Still enjoying working with people at my gym who are preparing for competition. I’m too busy with work and family to compete myself at the moment, but I’m hoping to get back to it when things settle down. In the meantime, it’s really fun helping people prep.