February 2018 – Always the Journey

18Feb 2018 by admin

Always the Journey Episode 4 with Josh Perkins

In this episode we have the pleasure of sitting down with Josh Perkins, long time Bboy, and Executive Director/ Co-Founder of the Bboy Federation and the HERC (Hip Hop Education Resource Center) in Salt Lake City. Josh has been heavily involved in the Utah Hip Hop scene for many years. Listen in to learn about Josh's roots and what inspired him to give back to the hip hop community through these two organizations. [embed]http://traffic.libsyn.com/alwaysthejourney/Always_the_Journey_Ep_4.mp3[/embed]

02Feb 2018 by admin

Goal: Read 50 books in 2018

Each year I set a goal to read a certain number of books. My highest year so far was 2015 at 100 books. It takes a bit of work to make sure you stay on task reading that many books without disrupting other endeavors, but it is worth it. My love for reading was inspired by my grandparents. When I was in 5th grade, my sister and I were sent to live with my grandparents for a period of time. They introduced a level of structure my Sister and I weren't quite used to, and reading every single day was a part of that structure. My Grandfather in particular made me read some very complicated books as well as memorize words and definitions from the dictionary to help expand my…