I’m not sure when or where it began, but having mentors in my life was always a normal, accepted, and sought-after practice. There are some people who roam the world who believe they can do it by themselves, who can endure the failures and look to no one except themselves for their successes.

It’s about 0245 in the morning and I am on duty. Torn between peeking and tweaking this website before I officially publish it, working on mandatory computer-based trainings the Navy is excited to see me complete, managing the wrong end of more than one deadline around the office, and still being able to go home and maintain some resemblance of an adequate father and husband.

Making the Sconnie Sailor get off the ground has been nothing short of a slow burn and labor of love. When you have that pang within your soul, you know what needs to be done, but getting there without a map is interesting if I wanted to be modest about it all.

Thank you for finding the Home of the Sconnie Sailor webpage. It has been quite exciting to create something such as a website. Then again, taking paths less traveled has sort of been my thing for about the past decade. The fun part is figuring out how. Whether it be starting my own business, writing my own book, or working toward a graduate degree, being humble enough to look at skills you absolutely suck at and then working towards becoming better has been cause for great stimulation in my life.