I am originally from the sea of land that makes up the Midwestern U.S.- but I have spent a lot of time living on islands ever since. I’m a late bloomer and have dabbled in things I love, as well as hit the grindstone for things that have been difficult but rewarding. I prefer to learn from others- but I’ve had my own share of missteps along the way. I would like to talk about some things that I think lead to a happy and fulfilled life, and I hope you will join me. I’m interested in taking concrete steps to achieve fulfillment, and this includes frugal living, working smart, traveling, and other random things that may be of use. It’s all a work in progress. It took a year of dabbling with setting up this website before I finally made it on to the world wide web so I’m glad to finally be here. I won’t be talking about how to leverage synergies or other things I have no idea about. This stuff is coming from real life. I am especially interested in real estate, art, design, music, and good food and think these can be important parts of leading a fulfilled life. I hope you find these things as interesting as I do.