Just a dude

I start a new job within security tomorrow that I am very excited about. I get to work with someone that is very close to me, I took this job for many reasons - but the number 1 being that I love catching bad guys. That should be the goal in security, there is so many other things people worry about and try to control other than the main goal of stopping threats from entering the network. We focus on marketing, new products, new tools, everything but what are the things that actually stop a brea...

One of the gifts about having a son is that it forces you to slow down. Before having my son, I would spend hours on my computer, working on Cybersecurity projects to learn and grow in my career at a rate that was sure to lead to burnout. Once burnout eventually came, I felt myself always wanting to go back to the way things were….careerism. But having my son forced me to put those things aside, in a cool way having a baby enabled me to become who I wanted to become all along and I had no idea. ...

I do not want to wonder at the end of my life if I was just focused what I would have become. If I took advantage of those moments that I used to distract myself with meaningful activity, what could become of me? I do not want to become great out of pride, for others to see, but because I want to see what I am capable of, I want to beat myself, I want to help support others, I want to be happy and at peace. One of the things I am trying to focus in on more is winning the mornings. When I focus ...

This is my first day to attempt 100 days in a row of blogging/writing. Part of this is an attempt to get the constant flow of thoughts out on paper/screen, and another to find who I am as a husband and father. I daily think about why am I here, where am I going, what is the purpose of being on this planet. I hope we all think about this question often, I honestly do not think I would be happy if I did not. Unfortunately I think too many days have gone by where I forget who I am in an effort to m...