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.
March 2.
1SE, Part I.
Back in January, I made it a goal to work on a big project for this year. It wouldn’t require a ton of my time, but it would require a ton of memory. I’m not a person who is much for a routine, so I decided to work on recording 1 second of my life: …
March 1.
My project for March 2015: 1 Photo Everyday.
So, you know how I’m working on that 1 Second Everyday (1SE) project? I was looking over my calendar last week, and mentally preparing myself for the month of March and I realized just what an eventful month this is going to be. So I figured, also, why not take a photo of each day …
Which country will you carry?
Like I blogged about earlier this month, the stories of entrepreneurship coming out of my home away from home, Blacksburg, are growing by the minute. It’s extremely exciting to see, especially on the national level. Last night’s episode of the popular ABC show Shark Tank is a perfect example of exactly that. Jack and Alley’s company, Taaluma …
Friends of Service Awards
It’s a story I tell often. Way back in elementary school, I was elected as the student body president during my 5th grade year. That was a defining experience. The most defining project – irrelevant then, but very meaningful now – was a group project working toward placing new mulch at the front of the …
Home, revisited.
Last fall, I made a post about the struggle I had been experiencing with defining a “home” for myself. I spent much of 2014 moving around. The previous many, many years I had lived in just one place – the longest time I had ever lived in one place – and preparing to leave physically …