Resolved: I will know myself.
I write about the messy, nonlinear process of personal transformation — the lessons that only come from living through difficulty and choosing to grow anyway.
My foundational elements
The principles, values, attributes, and goals I’m building my life around — each one chosen, not inherited.
Principles
Values
Attributes
Goals
My universal truths
Personal priorities and commitments I choose to live by
Qualities I cultivate that shape me
Concrete commitments that hold me accountable
Miles run
Building endurance, building character.
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of 1,500
Books read
Forty a year. No exceptions.
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of 120
Words written
Putting in the reps on the page.
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New words learned
Expanding how I think and express.
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Self-education pathway
A mastery-based curriculum producing evidence of competence—not credentials. Every unit produces a deliverable assessed against defined standards under external review.
Foundation: A multi-year field research program documenting how incarcerated people learn—structured protocol, nine observation categories, six forms on nested review cycles from daily through annual.
Writing — formal grammar, rhetoric, and professional document production. Seven units from diagnostic through publication.
AI literacy — evaluating AI across four applied domains: carceral education, legal guidance, construction safety, and product assessment.
Guidance system — an AI-powered platform for federal defendants and their families, from indictment through reentry.
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