What I'm doing now

My family and I are living in our best timeline in beautiful North Idaho. I'm lucky enough to be working remotely as a Software Engineer at TrellisWare Technologies from multiple states away. When I'm not at my desk, I'm usually biking, backpacking, woodworking, homebrewing, or working on my old cars.

I feel like it's necessary to address my previous now's goals before restating a new set. Neither of them came to fruition - and I'll explain why.

2024 Goal #1: Start a small business in 2024

Starting a business is no simple task, and it requires a lot of work to get any initial idea off of the ground and into practice. I went through something like four business ideas between 2024-2026, and reluctably abandoned each one after throroughly spending a few weeks investigating the realities of each model and tedious number crunching. That's not an excuse, but I'm grateful to have enough sense not to pursue an unprofitable business. I'm pleased to say that I haven't given up on the endeavor yet and plan on launching something as soon as humanly possible.

2024 Goal #2: Own property by 2025

When I wrote this I was living and working in San Diego with a growing family. Similarly to the previous goal, after a very thorough investigation of the market and the financial reality of living in sourthern California, I decided it was best to simply pick up and leave. My family and I moved to North Idaho in the autumn of 2024 and we have not once regretted that decision. We still don't own property (yet), but that's ok. We are currently lviing in the least affordable housing market in the United States on record. Every other time this benchmark has been reached in the last 100 years, the market has corrected, the prices dropped, and people everywhere lost a lot of money. Given the current situation, I'd rather be patient and pay rent now rather than buy something and be left holding the bag when the bottom drops out of the market. Patience is key here, and it will happen in it's own time.

Now that that's out of the way.

Skipping rocks on Lake Pend Oreille
Skipping rocks on Lake Pend Oreille

2026 Goals

  1. Start a business

I've already purchased the domain, registered the LLC, and am in the process building the foundation of a small SAAS website builder for the local area. I'll be sure to write more about it when it's complete, but for now I'm considering it a secret project.

  1. Spend as much time outside as possible

Both my kids and I are growing at an alarming rate, and we need to take advantage of what we do have: some of the most beautiful outdoors in the US.

To see all previous /now entries, click here.

This page was inspired by nownownow.com.