Welcome!

Hi everyone!

Probably most of you know me already but welcome to my blog! I plan to use this space however I damn well please but the first project I’m going to explore is becoming a connection builder. I’ve long been interested in how we individually and systemically try to figure out the loneliness of American life. After working within systems, alongside them and occasionally in opposition to them, I’m realizing, like so many modern problems, no one is coming to save us. There are no institutions that can bring about the cultural shift we need to build the deep connections that support and sustain us as human beings, friends, parents, and community members. We are our own saviors. To that end, we must begin to take our roles as connection builders seriously and work to change our neighborhoods and communities. This will take nothing less than a million small choices. Choices to be curious instead of indifferent, generous instead of self-protective, appreciative instead of judgmental. I’m hoping this blog will spur conversation and action, encouraging each of us to build our webs of relationships so that we can make sure that no one we know falls through unnoticed.