For the Type A’s who want to know where this is going and if there’s a plot or plan, the answer is yes. It’s going somewhere.
What will we cover in The Daily Omer?
The main writings will be:
- on theology
- on family
- on business
- on design
- on learning.
These will be the buckets. This is where we’re going.
If you want some more specifics, or something more tangible, well…
- On theology, there’s this thing I’ve been marinating on for 20+ years. We’ll get a taste of that. The more I learn, the more I realize I don’t know. Endless discussions to have. So much to explore. Feels like a cave dive and we only get so much oxygen in our tanks.
- On family, I’ve got this whole notebook on parenting and being a dad at different stages of your child’s development. If you’re a parent, I think you’ll like those posts. It’s not the stereotypical stuff. Being a good husband, so much I’ve learned and so much still to learn.
- For the business nerds, I’ll dive into some lessons I learned while working in an Inc.5000 fast-growing company and what I’ve learned since leaving and building my own thing. Marketing, sales, product, operations, talent development, and culture, we’ll cover all that. Big teams, small teams, solopreneur, the whole gamut.
- For design, I’m absolutely enamored with beautiful museums, landscaping, and cathedrals. We’ll look at pictures from Ireland and Barcelona and all kinds of lovely places. What does it mean to design well in physical space and digital space? How do you create an atmosphere? What is flow?
- For learning, hahaha! Welcome to the jungle my friends!
Why does it matter?
The point sits somewhere beyond the words I have at the moment. A friend texted me today and told me he and his wife were in an accident. The truck flipped three times, was completely totaled, but somehow they walked away unharmed. Not a single injury.
A neighbor kid was riding his bike back home and a car came flying up over the hill on his side of the road. He darted his bike into the ditch to avoid a collision. You know who wins in a 65mph car vs. a bike. The boy was unharmed. Not a single injury.
When I was a teenager, I had three separate incidents in less than a year. Two times where I barely missed head-on collisions because someone came into my lane at 55+mph. One incident where I hydro-planed into a ditch and thankfully avoided telephone poles.
People I loved dearly have died in the past few years. Teachers, professors, mentors, grandparents.
Seriously, I don’t have the words.
Still don’t think these snippets above are quite the right words, but you understand what I’m getting at.
Selah.
Tomorrow may come. It may not. We don’t know when the oxygen will run out of our tanks.
So, I will plan where we want to go with The Daily Omer.
But who knows?
The library is deep. The writing is brief.
We’ll go for a marathon post once in awhile, when its absolutely necessary.
I hope you’ll join me.
39 years old and just getting started.
Omer Redden 