2018 filled my year with challenge, joy, and a couple of major milestones. Here in Evergreen coming into the last few days of the year I’m reflective of the places I’ve been and people I’ve connected these last 12 months…
Turned 40.
I had the ultra-relaxing pleasure of ringing in my 40th with Nichole and Kona at the five-star Dunton Hot Springs resort in Southwest Colorado.
Proposed to the love of my life.
On March 24th, 2018 I popped the question to Nichole on our back porch overlooking the Continental Divide. My original plan to surprise her on the steps of the Colorado State Capitol (where we met) was thwarted when she called and said she’d be coming home instead of joining a protest there that morning. I scrambled to buy some beautiful flowers and still managed to take her off-guard when she arrived home. Check out this 360° “Tiny Planet” of our moment…
I captured this moment using my Ricoh Theta V 360° camera. I’m so happy to have this moment saved in 360°!
Completed a few awesome projects with my company TrustedPhoto.com.
Denver Union Station - 360° Tour
Vance Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Arts - 360° Tour
MedPharm - 360° Experience
17,050 360°s published to Google Maps (2011 - 2018)
122,160,831 views generated for our clients on Google!
Got married.
On October 13th, 2018 I married Nichole in a beautiful ceremony among the trees near our home in Evergreen, Colorado. With about 150 people in attendance and truly extraordinary planning by Nichole (and me a little) the evening was everything we could have wanted.
Went on the best honeymoon to Kauai.
One month after the wedding we took off for Kauai. We enjoyed lots of beachtime, a helicopter tour with a stop at the Jurrasic Park waterfall, driving around in our Jeep exploring the unique astounding scenery and eating all of the poke.
Standing up to mental illness.
After we got back from Kauai, I crashed into a deep depression. I knew it was coming and fought to keep it at bay, maybe a little too long. I didn’t want to start my new family on the down. But I didn’t really have a choice. You see I’ve been struggling with my mental health for the better part of the last two decades. I’ve done countless hours of therapy, practiced mindfulness & yoga, years of restricted diets, gotten plenty of exercise, and tried out many recommended supplements. All of these efforts (and support from Nichole and family) helped to keep me going through the founding of my company, building a life and relationship with my now wife and all of the other challenges through my thirties, but it wasn’t enough.
This time around I realized trying to do this the all-natural way just wasn’t enough. So I went to my doctor and had a deeply honest, terrifying, reassuring and clearing conversation. Now after so many years of fearing a little tiny pill, my medication is helping to calm the screaming self-doubt and self-sabotage that has plagued me throughout my adult life. I’m hopeful and capable in doing what doesn't slow me down. Who am I to play small?
Not enough fly fishing.
The year you're planning a wedding demands the sacrifice of more than a few weekends where in year's past days were spent around rivers with good friends while fly fishing for Rocky Mountain trout. Those days will return and they will be better. Now with scarcity comes even more sacredness. Here fishy fishy...