Craving Growth (and Maybe a Burger Too)

Lately, my feed has turned into a steady stream of food pics and restaurant check-ins.

But I’ve been feeling a little one-dimensional lately.

The kind of full you get from a great meal is different than the kind of full you get from learning something new—stretching your mind, exploring a new idea, or creating something just because. I felt that deeper kind of full recently on a trip to Arizona. Yes, I got to spend time with good friends (and eat some amazing food), but what really stayed with me was the growth. The spark. And I didn’t realize how much I’d missed that part of myself until I got a little taste of it again.

It made me think about Sal.

Back in the day, Sal and I used to pick a topic—anything we were even mildly curious about—and take a class. Glass fusion. Marketing. Grant writing. Sometimes it was a two-hour workshop at the Sawdust Festival. Other times it was a weekend-long adult ed course or a full-on college class. It didn’t matter. We weren’t trying to become experts. We were just trying to grow. Together.

And now, I find myself missing that kind of friendship. That kind of rhythm.

Don’t get me wrong—I love a good meal, especially when it comes with a side of laughter and friends. These days, most of my social life revolves around lunch or dinner. That’s just how we hang now. Between packed schedules and overflowing to-do lists, meeting up over food checks two boxes at once: we catch up, and we eat.

So I’m putting this out into the world:

I’m looking for a friend who wants to take a class or workshop together. Nothing too serious. Just something that makes us go, “That sounds kinda fun.”

We’ll show up, try something new, maybe laugh a lot, and then grab a burger (or tacos or dumplings) afterward to debrief like we’re back in high school.

If this sounds like your vibe, hit me up. Let’s learn something, make something, be a little awkward, and grow a little—together.