Hong Kong skyline at golden hour

Travel

  • The Only Hotel I Book in Tokyo (And I’ve Stopped Looking)

    Everyone overthinks hotels in Tokyo. They spend hours comparing ryokans, capsule options, budget business hotels, trying to find the “authentic” choice. I did the same thing my first few trips. Then I stayed at the Hyatt Centric Ginza. Stopped looking after that. The lobby doesn’t look like a hotel lobby. There’s a bold art installation…

  • You’re Not Going to Be Ready. Go Anyway.

    The reason you’re not competing, not applying, not starting — it’s not because you’re not ready. It’s because somewhere along the way, someone taught you that failure means something is wrong with you. And you believed them. I coach tennis. But what I actually do is watch people avoid discomfort and call it preparation. I…

  • Too Many Hobbies. Not Enough Time.

    I’m Stevie. Husband. Tennis pro. Too many ideas and not enough hours in the day. Somewhere in between all of that I’m trying to be a good friend, a good son, a good person — while also figuring out what freedom actually looks like when you’re still in the middle of building toward it.