It's 9:45 a.m. on a beautiful morning. I’ve been sitting here since 5:30 a.m., now with an empty coffee pot, staring at a dusty banjo and reflecting over a few decades of my career. I'm trying to decide how to capture what may be useful biography material, but it’s impossible to decide, so I’ll just say this:
 

I’m proud that I’ve become trusted and dependable. My dedication to creating engaging and empowering experiences for people has been humbling, and frankly, an unexpected result of my livelihood. It’s resulted in work that has won me a nice handful of performance awards over the years and even landed me on the infamous balcony at the New York Stock Exchange.
 

I served my community for eight years as a Motorcycle Safety Foundation Certified Site Coordinator and RiderCoach; I’ve supported numerous philanthropy organizations with photography that captured the delight of giving; and I’ve taught children and young people the joy and expression of creativity. I’m very proud of these things.
 

I’d love to be proud of playing my banjo, but that’s not going well at ​all, so I’ll just say that among all these different things I’ve done, I am most proud of how I’ve been able to impact people in ways I didn’t know I was capable of.