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Level 30: a higher floor, a finer view.
Grateful beyond measure to celebrate with friends and loved ones. A product of a village, grown by their care and watering.

I carry the imprint of every soul who has poured into me. Looking back at my 20s, I’m filled with immense gratitude for the people, places, positions and partners that shaped me. The hedonism that once fueled my life made room for new pillars — purpose, family, discipline, faith, and joy to power me forward.

Here’s to elevation!

Thank you to all who made The Snowball a night to remember! Custom look by @eadenmyles Sounds by @dinerobosss, hosted by my headache @oh.selli, libations by @dessstinyyyy__ and brought to life by many ❄️✨
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Thirty looks good on me, especially from the driver’s seat! 🚙

October 2025, my dirty 30 month. I celebrated this new decade of life all month, choosing it to spend time and create memories with some of those great people who really shaped who I was and the man I wish to become. I spent all of October thinking about all of the life that i have experienced in this decade of living. From graduating college to surviving a pandemic to starting a professional career to even experiencing love and loss both romantically and platonically. In my 20s, i learned how it’s up to you to create the life that you want or don’t want.  Here are the top 10 mantras i learned (some the hard way) in my 20s: 

1. Finding yourself — who you are vs who others expect you to be. Learn your values, tastes, and limits.
2. Being okay alone — solitude teaches self-reliance, creativity, and peace without constant validation of others . 
3. Financial basics — budgeting is REAL. Learn to not spend above your means (easier said than done lmao). 
4. Work ≠ identity — jobs teach skills, not your worth. It’s okay to pivot, try things, and fail forward. 
5. Boundaries & saying no — protecting time and energy is self-respect, not selfishness.
6. Choosing healthy relationships — quality over quantity; communication, respect, and growth matter. Actions over words. 
7. Learning to forgive — others and yourself; it frees you to move forward.
8. Small consistent actions win — tiny habits compound into big changes.
9. Setting long-term goals — start simple: retirement savings, skill milestones, and health baselines.
10. Owning your story — your 20s are a draft. Be kind to yourself while you write it.

Learned so much about myself and the world during my 20s and I cannot wait to see what this new decade of life has in store for me. 😎
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! As yall know (cause I keep talking about it), my time in LA has come to an end! As I closed out this chapter, it was extremely important for me to be surrounded by some of my closest friends. So, I convinced some of my peeps to take a trip with me to Big Bear! We laughed hard, talked until the sun came up, had an intense ginger bread competition, and fell several times thinking we were Olympics skiers and I wouldn’t change it for the world. Thank you @Vrbo for the amazing lodge and giving us an opportunity to come together and take a much needed break! Y’all think we should make this an annual trip?
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