“Also, I hope to be writing a few books” | author’s note

This past weekend, I spent some time going through bins full of old papers, a mess of things that included elementary school projects, photo albums, college essays and design work from my late 20s. A lot of it could be tossed, some I reorganized and stored until the next time I decide to go through it.

One lovingly preserved file organizer held a mess of writing and drawings from my childhood: illustrated books I created, plays I wrote with my cousins, collages of colorful pictures, folios fu...