11/19/2022
Hello, again 👋🏼 (Recipe below)
Back from a good break from content creation. TBH, I was pretty burnt out on it. More on that below, but first, a cocktail. Recently picked up a bottle of Amaro Meletti (). You need this in your home bar. I’m all about simple cocktails these days and it doesn’t get much simpler than this…
MEZCALLETTI
1 oz Mezcal OR Reposado Tequila
1 oz Amaro Meletti
2 dash orange bitters (optional)
Lemon oil expression
A ton of complex flavors here! Great after dinner drink.
So my life outside IG has changed a lot since I started this in 2016, as they tend to do. My kids are older, my wife is almost 2 years sober and I couldn’t be more proud of her. The reality is cocktails at home have taken a back seat for a while – and I’m perfectly ok with that.
This made me question where to go next with this page. Kill it? Change focus? I didn’t want to keep doing it if I didn’t have a real passion behind it.
If you know me at all, you know I’ve never been in this for “followers”. In fact I think I’ve been sitting at 14-16k for two YEARS. Doesn’t bother me. Sure, I’ve ridden the dopamine roller coaster of seeing a post explode or follower count jump overnight and it IS addicting (if you haven’t looked into the science of this, please do, it’s amazing…and frightening).
But, it’s all too easy to lose your ‘why’ and even yourself on that ride. Authenticity and creativity are paramount for me and that will never change. While this has always been a side gig/hobby for me, it’s strange that I’ve still felt ‘boxed’ in and limited on what I could or couldn’t post here.
All that to say, change is a comin’. I can’t tell you what it will look like, but there’s no sense in feeling constricted by a label or single subject matter. Today might be a cocktail, tomorrow a dumb Dad reel. Who knows? Life is a journey and I’m here for the ride, whatever that looks like.
You do you.
