Now

What is a “now page”?

Most websites have a link that says “about”. It goes to a page that tells you something about the background of this person or business. For short, people just call it an “about page”.

Most websites have a link that says “contact”. It goes to a page that tells you how to contact this person or business. For short, people just call it a “contact page”.

So a website with a link that says “now” goes to a page that tells you what this person is focused on at this point in their life. For short, we call it a “now page”.

Derek Sivers, “about nownownow“

Where am I?

The Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA.

Priorities and Values

• Decentralization. I’m increasingly wary of concentrations of power, and am trying to intentionally cultivate more horizontal relationships.
• Communities of trust. We should use technology to supplement, rather than supplant, interpersonal relationships.
• Interdependence. If we rely on and help one another, no one person needs to be fully autonomous. We are stronger together.
• Humanism. Human beings matter, and the richness of humanity is beautiful.
• Utopian imagination. We’re not gonna get anywhere if we don’t dream big and fight hard.

At Work

• Currently working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• I’m a mental health counselor at a small private practice. I work primarily with adults and do mostly individual counseling.
• My professional focus is on providing affirming, knowledgeable care for clients in the LGBTQ+, kinky, and/or ethically nonmonogamous communities.
• As of mid-May 2020, I am now fully licensed as a professional counselor!

At Home

• Trying to weather the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic. Working from home, trying to strengthen community relationships both online and off while physically distancing. That’s put a lot of the other stuff on hold.
• I’ve been very inspired by the IndieWeb movement, and I’m trying to rework my online presence to better incorporate its principles.
• Recently opened Motley, a federated social network (running Friendica) for my friends. Big thanks to Darius Kazemi’s Run Your Own Social.
• Thinking a lot about the democratization (or, even, anarchification?) of board games, and as part of that, making my own piecepack and multipurpose board games kit.
• Trying to play more of the 100-odd board games I own. My 2020 goal is to play as many of them as possible.
• Home improvement–I’m a new homeowner, and there are lots of exciting projects I want to sink time into.
• Tweaking my 3D printer and printing fun stuff.
• Learning about tarot and magic from a secular humanist perspective (see this post for more).
• Helping restructure and revitalize the A Humanist Year project.
• Currently reading: The Future is History by Masha Gessen, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta (see my reads for what I’ve finished)

Last updated: September 13, 2020