This summer, I’m choosing a slower pace. ☀️ With long days at the pool and time at home with my boys, I’m leaning into a season of reading - books on rest, slowness, and paying attention. This list reflects what I’m returning to, and what I’m hoping to rediscover.

A reflection on what changed when I stopped trying to do everything at once. In Q1, I focused on fewer goals, released a new linocut collection, and let one idea remain unfinished. This post explores what that shift made possible and how I’m approaching the next season of work more slowly and intentionally.

When service begins to cost more than it once did, discernment becomes necessary. This reflective essay explores volunteer burnout, changing capacity, resentment as information, and why rest is not withdrawal but a condition for long-term care and service.