What I'm Doing Now

Updated October 19, 2025

Here's what I'm up to at the moment.

• Building a community for teachers on the Skool platform.
• My girls enjoy playing sports, and I really enjoy watching them. My family spends a good amount of time traveling to and from practices and games.
• I'm teaching 8th-grade science and social studies at Arbor-Vitae Woodruff School. This is my 27th year of teaching.
• I'm in my third year of serving on the Camp Jorn Board of Directors. Here's my story.
• I write about things I'm trying in my classroom. I also journal a bit and share my thoughts in batches of three.
• I ride my bike when I can. I have a road, mountain, and fat bike. When the weather doesn't cooperate, I spin in place on my trainer above the garage.
• I've recently taken up rucking and just went for a wonderful hike in the woods.
• I'm still painting houses in the summer when I'm not teaching. I've done this each year of my teaching career (26 years and counting)
• Decided to try my hand at podcasting (audio and video). It's becoming one of my favorite tools for self-reflection.
• I also send out a newsletter each week. It's become a great form of personal and professional development.

Thanks to Derek Sivers for sharing his Now Page idea.