What were you doing 2,922 days ago? Just to give you a hint…that was 8 (yes, EIGHT) full years ago. For me, I remember waking up so early on that particular day. I was a young teenager, who woke up nice and early, eager to head to his first big-boy job… It was the first …
Author: HESONWHEELS
My name is Justin Graves. I am a 20-something young professional based between the Washington, D.C. metro area and Blacksburg, Virginia. I thank you for visiting this journal about my life: what I learn, who I love, what I am passionate about, what I eat, and who I impact. | Ut Prosim | Go Hokies! | Life is all about what you have done for other people.
Pops 2 is open!
Earlier this season I wrote a restaurant review about one of my new favorite spots in DC: Pleasant Pops. I’m very happy to share that their new location is now open! It’s just around the corner from the McPherson Square Metro stop – so it’s nice to have Pleasant Pops on my way to work …
Firefly 2015 Hiatus.
Good afternoon, friends! Just an FYI: HESONWHEELS will be on hiatus until early next week. Why might you ask? Well many things. Let’s start with the two that I’m most excited about! Tomorrow morning, I am so PUMPED to deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2015 at Woodgrove High School. I will most …
It’s not always rainbows and butterflies.
You know, meeting 1 new person everyday can either be a great thing or … It can be a not so great thing. My new person today definitely fit the underwhelming mold of “not so great.” One of the most useful quotes that I’ve believed in on this journey called life is “it’s not always …
WMATA + Caring.
This post is a long-form post that is a story about two people I met last night, “Ms. David” and “Michael,” and both are employees of WMATA, DC’s mass transit system. While it is long, if you do happen to read the entire post, you will find stories of customer service, community service, and … …
The kids just give me the feels.
I’m lucky to routinely be surrounded by professional educators, especially K-12 educators, on a very regular basis. The patience, passion, and dedication that a great educator at any level must have for their students is awe-inspiring. Quite frankly, I sometimes don’t believe that I have one of those qualities…it’s the one I deem most important: …
Learning happiness from … your dog?
One of my favorite daily uplift sort of websites is one named “Happier.” Happier was first introduced to me from a former co-worker in D.C., back when I was interning in the city. We became friends on Facebook and based on the things I pushed out there, she thought that this particular app would be …
“I’m a Deaf Uber Partner.”
I haven’t talked about it much on the blog, but most people in my day-to-day life know how particularly smitten I became with the ABC Family show Switched at Birth over the past couple weeks. Set aside the very family drama-high school nature of the show, I’ve become really impressed by their incorporation of not …