Curious about the world & Learning as I go.
I build things, play disc golf, read, and follow the questions that catch my attention. Some lead to a new project. Others take me outside, into a book, or give me something to sit with.
A little more about me.
My interests don't fit neatly into one category. I'm drawn to technology and making things, but also to a good book, music, time outside, and questions about how I want to live. I like learning by trying something real.
I work in mortgage operations and team leadership. The people I work with matter to me, as do the people I care about, the things I enjoy, and the parts of myself I'm still getting to know. This site is a place to share a little of all of it.
Things I do for the love of it.
Disc golf, time together, books, and a little space to slow down. Some things are worth doing simply because I enjoy them.
Life outside the office.
Not everything worth building is for work. Some of it is just for the love of the game.
The Bag Tag Dossier
I looked closely at my UDisc data: 472 rounds, 23 courses, and 5 seasons. What's working in my game, where I'm leaking strokes, and where I might find the next rating points.
Fairway Miles
I ran between throws at Willow Fork and shot eight under without a bogey. For the first time, I felt every drive left me a chance. Scorecards, miles, and notes from the rounds I want to remember.
18 holes · −8 · Bogey-free
Date Night
I put together 58 date ideas across Houston and Katy—a little help when we want to do something together but haven't decided what. One random pull at a time.
Spirit
My space for a different kind of practice: reflection and the questions I keep coming back to.
Expand
The books that have left a mark on how I see things. Most recently, The Power of Now—and a reminder to pay attention to the stress I create for myself.
Belief
The ideas I return to, question, and keep working through. A little of how I make sense of the world.
Things I've built. Learning by doing.
Some builds solve a practical problem. Others start with curiosity or something I want in my own life. These are a few of the things I've made and am learning from.
Life & learning.
Signal Room & Daily Signal
I built a personal intelligence system to research the day across technology, business, finance, work, wellness, culture, and the wider world—then connect the strongest signals into one focused briefing. My private Signal Room turns discoveries into an Idea Inbox and running Project Ledger. I share a separate, read-only Daily Signal without exposing my private votes or project data.
Daily Discipline
I built a daily practice for recovery, reflection, and spiritual growth. One challenging question opens a lead reading, a companion, and a brief Echo from six public-domain works: Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu, Epictetus, Brother Lawrence, Psalms, and Heraclitus. Tao leads one day in four; Psalms is the companion every other day. I use Claude Haiku 4.5 to select the Echo and write connective notes, the Confluence, and a practice for the day: Notice, Surrender, Act. I added Return Tonight for an evening question and an optional browser-only note, plus a Seven-Day Trail of recent questions and practices. My workflow builds a fresh edition each morning.
From the work. Built for the work.
I build around problems I've worked through in mortgage operations and team leadership. I use the tools that fit, test what I've made, and keep improving it.
LOA Capacity Planning Model
I built a time-study-calibrated staffing calculator for PROC1, LOA2, and HYBRID roles. I use monthly TBD and contract volume, current headcount, and ramp factors to model staffing gaps, utilization, role-by-role breakdowns, and Conservative / Base / Aggressive scenario projections.
Full Loan Lifecycle Workflow
I worked with sales and operations to map the loan lifecycle from lead through funding—one shared path, clear ownership, and defined handoffs across the full loan manufacturing process.
Mortgage Doc Classifier
I built a Claude-powered pipeline to watch an intake folder, classify W-2s, paystubs, and bank statements, extract structured fields, and route uncertain results to a person. I also added a basic annualized income projection from YTD data. My synthetic 20-document test returned 20/20 classifications and 85/85 gradable fields correctly—not proof of production accuracy. The model's confidence score still needs work.
Different ideas.
Places of their own.
A memorial for my mom, love notes, a paper battlefield, and the daily places I return to. Each has its own story—and its own little corner of the internet.
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A big part of my life.
Not the whole of it.
I've built a career in mortgage operations and team leadership, starting as a Loan Origination Assistant. The people, the lessons, and the work I'm proud of have their own place here.
Let's talk.
A shared interest, a good question, something you're making, or just a hello. If something here resonates, I'd be glad to hear from you.