What Have I Been Doing? April 2026 Update and Changes

Journal Entry #2
April 1, 2026
Recent Updates

This must be an April Fool’s joke, I’m posting again.

For the last few months, I have been focused on building out the platform and getting structure in place. Things have been moving slow, but March was the month of opportunity. I have faith April will be the month of solidification and production.

Right now, I’ve got a lot of spinning plates, more than I can realistically manage alone. It’s becoming clear that I need a team again. Technology, industry, and the world is moving faster than any one person can keep up with.

Of course, building a new team requires ample time and resources, and the current environment hasn’t been the most conducive. Between the economy, government instability, budget uncertainty, and global tensions, a lot of work has been flipped on its head.

So, I’m adapting.

If you know someone that needs help, struggling with business ortechnology, send them my way. In the meantime, I’ll be working on building, selling, and connecting. Keep an eye on the Sales section, it should start filling up soon.

Daily Feed & Privacy

I’m still working up the courage to start posting on the Daily Feed. It feels like a stretch goal, but it’s just a habit I need to build and a fear I need to get over.

We live in a world where anyone can find you, show up at your door, and disrupt your life. That’s the reality of the internet, and it’s something I don’t take lightly. So, I am cautious. Cautious of sharing, providing data, insights that could help adversaries.

At the same time, I believe in openness, in connection, and in sharing what’s happening in real time. I’m still figuring out where that line is. Maybe it starts simple. A picture of a sunrise, a sunset, my favorite public places, something small. We’ll see.

Health & Life

A big part of why things slowed down over the past year was my health.

I had a relapse of chronic brucellosis in 2025, which was treated and resolved again, hopefully for good this time. For the first time in a while, I feel like I’ve got my life back. The last time I had a surge of energy like this was after my first treatment for brucellosis in 2023. After that treatment, I felt great, pushed hard, rebuilt a lot, and then lost ground again when I relapsed. This time feels more stable.

Spring break was packed, and the family and I made many great memories. Beach trips, golf, rockets, kites, gardening, Disney, an Orlando Magic game, a youth bowling tournament, a trip to St. Augustine. A lot of life compressed into a short window.

More importantly, my energy is back. My breathing has improved, and I am firing on all cylinders. Things are starting to feel normal again. It’s strange talking about a bacterial infection like it’s cancer, but chronic intracellular infections behave differently than most people realize. For instance, tuberculosis can sit latent in the body of some carriers, then re-emerge when the immune system is weakened. If not treated properly, it can persist or come back repeatedly. Borrelia, a tick-borne intracellular bacterium, can cause relapsing fevers in similar fashion if not properly treated.

My infectious disease doctor has cleared me for a year, assuming nothing changes. I’ll likely write more about that journey in a future post.

What I’m Building

There’s no shortage of things in motion right now.

I started a smart home improvement company, Residence Improvement, built around a simple idea, help people reclaim their time through smart automation and thoughtful upgrades that improve daily life.

At the same time, I’m continuing to grow Powerful IT, where I’ve worked with dozens of businesses across Central Florida on IT challenges. The goal there is simple, help companies break away from expensive, one-size-fits-all systems and build solutions that fit how they operate.

I’m also partnering with a couple of colleagues on a golf apparel brand focused on the everyday player, not the pros, but the people who just love the game and want to get better at it.

And of course, this communication platform I’ve built is still evolving. It’s been a labor of love, but also something I haven’t wanted to touch lately. Some issues have built up, and it’s clear I need to step back in and make some structural improvements.

Life Outside of Work

I’ve been spending more time with music again. Drums, keyboard, guitar, bass, amps. There are very few things that let you lose track of time the way music does.

Now that my kids are getting into drums and guitar too, it’s becoming obvious that we need a proper music room, and some of the gear needs maintenance. I’ll start working on that soon too.

It’s spring, which means the garden is back in motion. I planted the raised beds at the end of February and they’ve taken off. I’ll start sharing updates on it, that might be a good fit for the Daily Feed.

On the flip side, maintenance has piled up. Years of being sick took their toll, and even though I had a surge of energy in 2023 and made big improvements, this past year set some of that back. Now it’s time to catch up, both at my house and at my mom’s. She’s turning 79 this year and needs help with her roof, fence, trees, etc. It never ends when you have a farm.

Communication & Scale

One thing that’s become increasingly obvious is that writing, while valuable, is slow.

I like it because it forces clarity. It lets me think. But it takes time, and time is the one thing I don’t have enough of.

Video is faster. Easier to produce at scale. Easier to communicate with. But it comes with trade-offs.

Most platforms control distribution, restrict speech in subtle ways, and can shut things down overnight. There’s also the cost, both time and money, to do it well.

So, I’m still figuring that out, but plan to post some video soon.

The Reality

The last few months I focused on building the platform. Now the constraint is obvious.

I have too many businesses, and not enough time to scale them. Call it a problem of too much ambition.

For years, I operated with an owner/operator mindset, doing everything myself and building everything from the ground up. That works until it doesn’t.

At some point, you need people. You need a team, or teams. You need to build something bigger than what one person can carry.

What’s Next

I don’t have every step mapped out yet, but I know the direction.

Build the right teams.
Create real value.
Solve meaningful problems.
And figure out the rest along the way.

Till next time, Keep building...