2019: End of the Year

The Good:

  • We got married

  • We continued to make our house our home with new decorations and furniture

  • Our puppy is now a dog

  • Wonderful trips to Italy and Copenhagen with my wife and mother, respectively

  • I began playing tennis and soccer recreationally

  • My partner and I started a new management company (Alternate Side) that had a more successful 2019 than our previous company had in its entire history combined

  • Hiring employees for the first time for the aforementioned management company and being able to provide for them

  • Became part of a neighborhood community with Hello Donuts + Coffee

The Bad:

  • The same boom that made for an incredible year at Alternate Side also resulted in a poor work/life balance that I had worked hard to overcome in previous years

  • A similar travel workload in 2019 like in 2018

  • Continued strain of leaving New York and finding ways to adjust to Philadelphia

2020:

  • Honeymoon to Mexico City and Tulum

  • Attempts to add yoga to my tennis and soccer recreational activities

  • Continued growth for Hello Donuts + Coffee

  • Furthering the growth of artists and employees across all areas of my work

End of the Year:

2019 was a year of reorganization for my professional life that included a new management company, a new record label, and a new services/consulting company. It was busy. And we did all that before opening the physical location for the donut +coffee shop and getting married! I remain happy with the site’s 2018 reorganization and continued to update the sections below: 

  • Activity Log: Featuring my favorite dining and drinking experiences of the year, every flight I took, plus new TV shows, movies, and podcasts I consumed.

  • Music: 

    • Decade: A new addition for the end of a decade. It includes: 1) My top ten overall releases from 2010-2019 and 2) My year-by-year favorites from 2010-2019.

    • 2019: Find my top ten releases, everything I listened to, and everything I worked on.

  • Shows: I went to 84 shows in 2019, up from 69 in 2018. I’d love that number to be closer to 65 in 2020, for the sake of my health!

  • Theorems: One addition that came from wedding planning.

  • Works: The four categories (Miscellaneous, Media, Labels, and Management) have all been updated with turned out to be a year filled with many new businesses and projects.

  • Enjoy Philadelphia: A new addition! I made a food and drink guide for folks new or unfamiliar with Philadelphia for our wedding website that I’ve decided to maintain here in the present and future.