In a world chasing shortcuts, there's power in playing the long game. This post unpacks how small, consistent decisions, in business, fitness, or life, create lasting results. Strength over speed. Integrity over impulse.

I stopped mid-walk because something felt off. She hadn’t eaten. I handed her a GU and stayed awhile. That moment reminded me why I always carry what I do and why staying present matters just as much as staying fueled.

This isn’t about performance. It’s about presence. I’m not trying to influence, I’m trying to live, to stop shrinking, and to take up my rightful space.

Before the movie starts at El Capitan Theatre, the lights take center stage. This rare pre-show ritual blends color, sound, and presence inviting you to pause, reset, and arrive fully. It’s not just a show; it’s a moment of cinematic ceremony, and I captured it just as it unfolded.

It started on my desk and ended up at my bedside. Here’s why I use a USB Himalayan salt moon lamp and how something simple became part of my peace ritual.

Some days I feel like Howl, running a floating house with mismatched parts and magical timing. This reflection is about freelancing, resting, showing up, and making it all move, even when nothing’s stable.

Not every celebration of freedom needs fireworks. On July 4th, we stood beneath the Korean Friendship Bell in San Pedro to hear its sacred sound. The bell was a gift from Korea, built with intention, cracked on its first ring, and cast again. Now, it rings in four frequencies and on this day, we rang it too.

I didn’t see myself in the wellness space so I created something that could carry my voice. From one pre-workout bottle in a suitcase to a whole movement, Amplificador was built from the ground up to reflect who I am and how I move.

Before the movie began, something rare happened: the curtain danced. At El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, this pre-show ritual is more than a performance it’s a moment of cinematic ceremony. I captured it in one take, no edits, as a reminder that movement isn’t always about the body, sometimes, it’s about reverence, rhythm, and presence.

I didn’t plan to rest. I just laid down beside my little moon lamp and fell into something deeper than sleep. This isn’t a guide, it’s a witness. A glimpse into what true rest really feels like, when your body finally stops asking for permission.

Even when it’s slow. Even when it’s brutal. Even when no one sees it yet we build anyway. A reflection from the La Brea Tar Pits on truth, time, and leaving something behind.

The world feels loud. Work is slow. But I still walk. A reflection from the ground up about quiet resistance, freelance life, and movement as a way to stay alive.

Even as a Trojan, I couldn’t ignore the feeling that hit me while walking UCLA’s campus the future Olympic Village for LA28. Between statues of John Wooden and Jackie Robinson, and signs that said Walk Your Wheels, I felt a quiet invitation to witness something bigger than sport. The Olympics are coming to LA. The question is: what version of ourselves will we be showing the world?

Socks might seem like a small thing until you’re 7 miles in and ready to rip them off. Here’s how I choose my socks for races, trails, and training days, plus my non-negotiable foot prep routine.

Before FormaFit had a name, I packed a bottle of my preworkout Amplificador, and flew to London. I didn’t know exactly what I was building, but I brought it with me anyway. I snapped photos of it on public bike racks, park benches, and train station walls. I carried it through movement, across a map, through the fog of uncertainty and family drama. I didn’t get the Franklin photos but I had the bottle. That was the real story I was living. That was the signal: something was already amplifying.