Another trip around the sun.

I don’t know why that saying always sticks with me. Maybe it’s overused or played out, but it still feels right. It’s been another year of living life.

This birthday marks the second one without my dad. That hasn’t been easy. Some days it still catches me off guard, that feeling of him being gone. But I carry him with me in a lot of ways.

Looking back on the last ten years, so much has changed. I became a father. My daughter and her mom have taught me more than they probably know. Life has been a mix of everything — job changes, a global pandemic, ups and downs, lessons learned the hard way.

But I’m still here. I’m still learning. Still moving forward.

This last year in particular has challenged me. But it also pushed me to stop waiting. I started doing more for myself, finally chasing the things I’ve always wanted. I stopped holding back. I knew if I didn’t start now, I might never do it.

So here I am. A little older, hopefully a little wiser. Still figuring things out. But I’m proud of how far I’ve come.

And I’m excited for what’s ahead.

This next year, I want to pour even more into the things that matter. Finishing school is high on that list. I’ve worked hard to get this far, and I’m ready to close that chapter strong. I’ve got goals, and they feel more real now than ever before.

One of the biggest things I’m building is Unfold. It’s not just an app — it’s one of the most meaningful projects I’ve ever worked on. Something that comes from the heart. I truly believe it’ll help people, and that makes it feel like one of my greatest achievements so far. I can’t wait to share it.

This year is about giving back, finishing what I started, and staying focused on what truly matters.

Thanks for being part of the journey.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the vast differences and surprising connections between being a dad, a founder, and a student. At first glance, they seem like entirely separate roles. But somehow, they each inform and support the others.

Being a dad is anything but easy. It’s not just about making sure this small human you brought into the world is okay. It’s about teaching and learning alongside them. It’s about watching them grow while guiding them, and learning how to grow yourself in the process. Fatherhood takes an incredible amount of patience, and that patience has spilled over into the other areas of my life.

Founding the app I’m building has pushed me in new ways. I’ve had to be patient with things not working right the first time, digging through lines of code to fix bugs, and dealing with delays to my launch. The patience I’ve learned as a dad, helping my daughter navigate this world gently and intentionally, has helped me here. It’s taught me that it’s okay to let things unfold at their own pace. Errors and bugs are just part of the process. They make the outcome more meaningful.

Even being a student again in a fast-paced environment, I’ve had to teach myself to slow down. I’ve had to remember that same patience, knowing that everything will get done in time as long as I stay grounded, find balance, and keep showing up.

Just like in coding, life will throw errors your way. But with enough patience, care, and persistence, there’s always a way through.

My name is Jared, born in El Paso, TX soon to be 34 years of age on June 11th, I wanted to made this Blog to share with people who I am, what I am creating and take people on a deeper journey of things I didn’t think I would be able to do, and what i’ve over come to get here. Ive recently began to return back to school to get a degree is general business, finishing my first semester here in over 12 years, while doing so I had an amazing idea that can come to me to create something to be able to give back to the world. But first some back story, along my life I have had to over some many things, it seems the older I got the more things would happen in “life” and the more mental health became at the front of the line of things that would greatly effect me. During my time dealing with my mental health which included going to doctors because cause I thought it was actually “sick” and then finding out I have what they refer to as GAD or Generalized Anxiety Disorder. finding my way through getting help via medication and also through my new found therapist I would navigate the uncharted world of mental health and where it would take me. More on that later. so it brings me to the point of why I am also here, i’ve been on a journey the past 2 months, working hard to develop an app. An app that I know can help people like me who need help the most when help from others isn’t readily available or isn’t financially an option. The app Unfold. it came to me late one night April 16th 2025 at 10:10. thats when I began to create Unfold. The Idea, give people who suffer from mental health a safe space to talk and view there patterns to be able to help themselves through whatever they maybe going through themselves, Along with AI at the front of this I plan to give back to the people who need help no matter the time or place. I hope you stick around to find out more on this journey.