I Quit My Job

July was a busy and stressful month for me. I was working a lot behind-the-scenes to prep for quitting my day job to focus on Sofa full-time.

July was a busy and stressful month for me. I was working a lot behind-the-scenes to prep for quitting my day job to focus on Sofa full-time. Focusing on Sofa full-time has been eight years in the making. As Iā€™m typing this out, it still hasnā€™t fully hit me that Iā€™m actually doing it šŸ™ƒ.

Sofa has grown a lot over the past eight years, especially in the last two. To say Iā€™m excited is an understatement. Being able to work on something I love is a true dream and Iā€™ll be working hard to keep that dream going.

Iā€™ve youā€™re interested in hearing more, I made a video about it.


šŸ›‹ļø What Iā€™ve been working on

New Custom Buckets Feature

Iā€™m continuing to work through this feature and Iā€™ve made a little preview video to show how itā€™s shaping up.

YouTube Videos

Iā€™m continuing to invest my time in YouTube. I find it a great place to share my thoughts and updates on my work in a visual way. If you missed them, hereā€™s some videos I made over the past month:


ā¤ļø Thingā€™s Iā€™ve enjoyed

  • šŸ–ļø I recently took a trip to the Outer Banks, NC (OBX) for the first time. Really great place. Also, it was the first time Iā€™ve hadĀ hush puppiesĀ and WOW!
  • šŸ“ŗ The Foo Fighters have a new drummer andĀ this performance of Monkey WrenchĀ is soooooooo good šŸ¤Æ.
  • šŸ“± Iā€™m having fun with the new Threads app by Instagram. I donā€™t know how much time Iā€™ll spend on it long-term, but for now itā€™s a good time.Ā Feel free to say hi over thereĀ šŸ‘‹.
  • šŸ“š I started readingĀ American Prometheus, which is the book that ā€œOppenheimerā€ is based on.

šŸ“ø Favorite recent photo Iā€™ve taken

Hush puppies

Hush puppies atĀ Millerā€™s Sunset Bar & Grill in Nags Head, NC. Incredible.

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