Musings from an Aspiring #ExtraCreditKid
How many of us are living our dream life? As children, we wanted to be astronauts, architects, or doctors. Somewhere along the way, we begin to doubt ourselves and our potential. We abandon our lofty childhood aspirations for a humdrum life. Pure Accelerate‘s Day 2 Keynote speaker Leland Melvin didn’t fall victim to any of…
Is there anything more liberating than being okay with making a fool of yourself in front of others? We spend our whole lives avoiding situations like these. So, we keep quiet when we have something to say; stay in our chairs when we’d rather dance, or stay home when we’d rather go out and sing….
Have you ever read something that so closely aligned with your soul that when you read it, your first inclination is to raise a hand and say “preach?” While James Victore, Feck Perfuction* book inspires many of these moments for me, his “Freedom is something you take” essay feels like it was written for me…
Will people remember you as someone who spent your entire life chasing a paycheck; consumed by your wants, needs, and fears? Or will your legacy be of someone that put good into the world? If you weren’t already thinking these things, there’s a chance that #VMworld at least inspired you to consider these ideas. Whether…
Now for the final post in this series. Let’s walk through the steps that I took to move my WordPress site from GoDaddy to AWS Lightsail. setup mail, configure SSL/TLS and resolve minor user-created issues. WordPress Move Mail SSL Minor Issues WordPress Move Backup your old WordPress Site Thank god for those Updraft Plus backups…
When I left my job, the thought of going around and having individual conversations to say “goodbye” filled me with far more dread than the idea of not getting paid for a couple of months. That was my lightbulb moment. Maybe, I have social anxiety. Honestly, I should have realized it way before that moment….
Now #PoweredByLightsail, my WordPress site and I are no longer beholden to one website on a shared server controlled by a web hosting company. I’m the master of my own domain, or at least master of my own server. Literally. With more power than I will ever get on a hosted website (that isn’t dedicated),…
Anyone else quit their job right before VMworld and then self-fund most of the trip from savings? Probably only me, right? I also ignored the advice where you were supposed to have a new job before leaving your old one. I know It all sounds crazy. I wish that I could say that all of…
Even in my sleep-deprived state, a “must fix website” directive played on a loop inside my head. Two days earlier, I decided that NOW was the time to fix a two-week-old error that prevented my site’s WordPress Admin site from managing plugins or customizing the themes. The problem was irksome, but not a total show…
Silly rabbit, “happy” birthdays are for kids, right? When is the last time your birthday felt like a cause for celebration? If you are like me, the answer is decades. An “is this my life” sadness descends upon me every August and then vanishes until the next year. This birthday I feel hopeful and birthday…