By training, I am a builder of tidy boxes.

I am an Industrial Engineer with an MBA. I was taught to optimize systems, build rigid frameworks, and make the world fit neatly into a cell on a spreadsheet. Currently, I apply that mindset to the transformation of operational processes in the insurance industry.

But for 15 years, during my twenties and thirties, I applied those skills as an entrepreneur. And I learned a crucial lesson:

The real world shreds perfect plans.

Efficiency is not the same thing as quality. The most enriching parts of life—being a husband, a father, and a maker—rarely follow a straight line.

Why "The Shaggy Report"?

Back in high school, I picked up the nickname Shaggy. Maybe it was the goatee, maybe the hair. But the name stuck. It turned out to be the perfect description for the life I actually wanted.

Family, faith, and freedom are not linear. They are not clean.

They are shaggy. They are chaotic. And they are beautiful.

What to expect

This blog is my open notebook. It is where the Industrial Engineer meets the real world. I write about:

• Fatherhood and family
• Faith
• Entrepreneurship
• Woodworking and making tangible things
• Dabbling in AI and coding
• Thinking clearly in a chaotic world

This isn't a list of answers or a 5-step plan.

It is simply a collection of reflections on the messiness of life.

The journey isn't neat. It's Shaggy. You can follow along by subscribing below.

“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either – but right through every human heart... And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained.”

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge."

— Psalm 19