Sleeping in a house powered by technology I played a key role in building is a surreal experience. I’ve just returned from a couple weeks in Nigeria, a country in massive need of electrification and a core focus for Okra, and I’m realizing how important this trip was to not
Category: Professional
Closure
After calling Cambodia home for two and a half years, Covid forced me to flee the country without time for so much as a goodbye. Two years later, I got to come back and rewrite the end of my Cambodia chapter. Cambodia was never meant to be a long term
Rebuilding
A mini team reunion and digital-nomading in Portugal. Long-awaited quality time with my best friend. Proper time off from work for the first time in years, and holidays with loved ones. Opportunities to spend time outdoors, adventure, and be present with people and in places that took my breath away.
Change of Direction
I spent almost all of 2020 feeling stuck, trapped in circumstances that were isolating and stunting. As each day in survival mode went on, my routines, completely uninspiring as they were, became something to steady myself. I acknowledged that I wasn’t expanding myself as much as I’d like professionally and