The Start Of Something New

Adding the final touches before kicking off a new chapter.

Today on a sunny, humid morning walk, my mind wandered. I let it.

Blinking, I remembered a time when I was sitting toward the back of a sailboat, anchored off of the coast of Grenada. Across from me, a 12 year-old named Hudson was listening as I explained the mechanics of doing a back flip.

We'd only met a couple of days prior. His family was sailing from the Caribbean up the coast to Maine and had recruited me to help them. I'd come across them on instagram. After a winter spent recovering from a traumatic brain injury in a dark  and dreary room, getting some sunshine on a sailboat seemed like the perfect change of pace. So I agreed to join them for part of their journey before flying to Boston for my next speaking gig.

For years I've felt pulled between chasing what I love, doing what I'm good at, and searching a way to help others. That winter sparked a realization that finalized for me when I'd returned from that trip to the Caribbean. It forced me to completely reevaluate what "stability" meant—financially, mentally, emotionally. It led me to a difficult and heartbreaking conclusion: I needed to walk away from something I loved.

So I went from splitting my time between guiding and tech, to just existing full-time in the tech world. That's when morning walks became so important to me.

On this particular stroll, I was grateful to hit a patch of shade as I rounded the corner to make my way home. For the past few months, I’ve been building something for the people like me who've felt torn between creative expression and practical stability — between doing what they love, what they're good at, and what they can do to help people. Turns out, there's a messy middle with room for all three. And I've figured out a way to make it less messy. 

This feels like the perfect change of scenery for a fresh start again. Kinda like learning to do a backflip off of a sailboat in the Caribbean. And I'm ready to launch a project I've been tinkering on for a long, long time...

I'm still finalizing a few things, but sources close to me have reported high levels of stoke from what they've seen, confirming that you should be psyched, too.

September 1st is when this thing launches, officially.

And I can't wait!!

onward.

-dmac