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Work

I’m working as a Customer Success Manager at WooCommerce, partnering with high-value merchants who are building serious businesses on the platform. My days are a mix of strategy calls, problem solving, and being a sounding board for people who are putting a lot on the line. The technical side is fun, but the part that really lights me up is the relationship-building — getting to know these merchants, understanding what success looks like for them, and then helping them move a little closer to it each week.

Podcast & Content

Your Website Engineer wrapped up after more than 550 episodes, and for now the podcast is officially on hiatus. I’m proud of that long run and grateful for everyone who listened along the way. Lately I’ve been feeling the itch to create again, but I’m less interested in firing up the same old format just because it’s familiar.

The current idea floating around my brain is to bring the show back as a YouTube series where I build directly inside WordPress alongside Claude, working through real projects in public. Nothing is committed yet — no schedule, no launch date — but the idea has some real energy. I’m giving it space to breathe and trying to notice whether it keeps tugging at me.

Health & Fitness

I’m 42 and actively chasing my best, strongest version of myself. Right now, I’m in a cut cycle leading up to WordCamp US. It’s not about perfection or vanity as much as wanting to feel confident and comfortable in my own skin when I’m with colleagues and friends I usually only see through a screen.

Training these days is a mix of heavy lifting, CrossFit-style workouts, and rucking. I like the variety — barbell work for measurable progress, intense conditioning to remind me I’m alive, and long rucks to clear my head and get outside. None of it is effortless, but I’ve come to appreciate the structure and momentum that consistent training brings to the rest of my life.

Reading

I’m re-reading Work Clean: The Life-Changing Power of Mise-en-Place to Organize by Dan Charnas. The first time through, I loved the ideas but mostly admired them from a distance. This time I’m trying to treat it more like a manual than a manifesto: paying attention to how I set up my desk, how I plan my week, and how I reset between tasks.

There’s something appealing about borrowing the discipline of a professional kitchen and applying it to digital work. I’m experimenting with small changes instead of trying to overhaul everything at once.

Travel

We just got back from an epic summer trip that started in Barcelona and turned into a cruise through Malta, Turkey, and Greece. Santorini was the standout — those views are every bit as dramatic as the photos make them seem, and wandering through the different villages felt like a gift I kept unwrapping all week.

The trip wrapped up in Paris during a brutal heat wave. It was 101°F, which is not exactly the ideal way to experience a city I’m already lukewarm about. Between the crowds, the heat, and the general vibe, I don’t feel any strong pull to go back. I’m glad we went, I’m glad it’s checked off the list, and I’m also glad to be home.

Family

At home, life is full in the best way. I’m married to Melody, and we have two kids — a 12-year-old daughter and a 9-year-old son. This summer they’re firmly in the “living their best life” zone with a steady rotation of sports, dance, and time with friends.

Most days feel like a mix of shuttling, cheering from the sidelines, and catching little in-between moments together when the schedule briefly slows down. It’s busy, but it’s the kind of busy that feels right for this season of life.