Best of 2025
The life I wanted to build for myself and others started to actualize as a result of the changes I made the year prior. 2024 was a total remodel of my habits and behaviors and 2025's primary goal was to just stick to the plan. I literally pains me to admit: I spent most of the year trying not to "break the chain" and "trusting the process". Aside from a pair of self-help cliches sharing MVP duties during my 2025, the year was overwhelmingly positive.
I proposed to my longtime girlfriend (she said yes!). I landed a new job. I got to spend time with the people I love. I built a new bike and went bikepacking for the first time. I made a few new friends and reconnected with old ones. We've hosted dinner parties and we got to travel a handful of times.
Best Trips
Portland, ME & Cape Cod, MA Waikiki, HI
Best Restaurant
Twelve - Portland, ME
Best New Restaurants
Pink Flamingo - Baltimore, MD The Duchess - Baltimore, MD
Best Movie
Yi Yi
Best New Movie
Weapons
Best Book
80/20 Principle - Richard Koch
Best Album
Surround - Hiroshi Yoshimura
Best New Albums
The Art of Loving - Olivia Dean Never Enough - Turnstile A Deeper Life - Chaos in the CBD Equus Asinus - Men I Trust
Best Concert
Castle Rat @ Ottobar