2004
Discover passion

2005
Move to Grand Rapids

2006
Learn what it means to work your ass off

2007
Study in London
Start an AIGA Student Group

2008
Stop eating meat
Score an internship at People Design
Come out of the closet (finally)

2009
Graduate college

Move to San Francisco

Begin internship at IDEO

Start graduate school

Compete against 6 up-and-coming designers in the US

Take second place

Drop out of grad school

Experience an exhilarating sense of panic

Return to IDEO

2010
Travel the world, making stops in Brazil, Dubai, and India
Join the AIGA San Francisco board of directors
Re-learn what it means to work your ass off

2011
Live in Singapore

Keep doing work that matters
Go to Australia, by way of Brazil
Make time for personal projects

2012
Start something new
Write more
Make a film
Dream bigger





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