Aaron Pace
Bio
Married to my best friend. Father to five exuberant children. Fledgling entrepreneur. Writer. Software developer. Inventory management expert.
Stories (47/0)
Wrong Turns or Just Turns
The first time I drove on a roundabout was in Guatemala City, Guatemala nearly 25 years ago. I had never seen one, much less driven on one. The busiest street in the entire country converged on a five-lane behemoth with a giant statue at the center.
By Aaron Pace24 days ago in Humans
You Have the Right to Be Complex
When I was six years old, I knew I would be a veterinarian when I grew up. By the time I was nine, I had expanded my love of animals and knew I’d be a zoologist. By fourteen, I was certain I wanted to be a geneticist (thank you Jurassic Park). By eighteen, I had settled on becoming an engineer, first a software engineer, and finally a mechanical engineer.
By Aaron Pace29 days ago in Humans
Don't Waste an Obstacle
There are seemingly endless stories about people (most of them famous in their own right) who were confronted by significant challenges who went to extraordinary measures to overcome them. There are as many stories — both from those people and those who write/speak about those people — teaching us what they learned along the way; valuable lessons that stuck with them the rest of their lives.
By Aaron Pace4 months ago in Humans
Be More of Who You Already Are
People are not like trees. Okay, that's not entirely true. People, like trees, start out as a seed, of sorts. We both grow, eventually begin to decay, and finally die. In both people and trees, complex biological processes are at play, many of which still seem like magic to even the most educated and brilliant scientists.
By Aaron Pace5 months ago in Humans